COM 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Skills
5 Jul 2016
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Nominal leader position gives them that power (also considered legitimate power: coercive power power that"s arrived at through fear of consequences. Parents holding an xbox over a child to get them to do chores. Boomerang effect leading by fear will have an adverse effect on your inferiors because they"ll learn to resent you (don"t allow yourself to be hated machiavelli) Tells members what not to do, but not what to do: reward power power that"s arrived at through the possibility of positive rewards. Social rewards praise or the ability to lead. Rewards don"t always come from the leader of the group: expert power. Members have to view the expert as an expert. Knowledgeable member who can help group meet goal. Different from expert power because it doesn"t require a title (like. Phd or a master"s degree or something: referent power. Characteristics of power in groups: power is group-centred, power is distributed among group members, power isn"t an either-or concept.
