1. Power: The capacity or potential to influence. The ability to affect others’ beliefs, attitudes & actions.
2. Bases of Social Power:
Referent: Based on followers’ identification and liking for the leader.
Expert: Based on followers’ perceptions of the leader’s competence
Legitimate: Associated with having status or formal job authority
Reward: Derived from having the capacity to provide rewards to others
Coercive: Derived from having the capacity to penalize or punish others
3. Additional Power Bases
INFORMATION POWER: Involves both the access to vital information and control over its distribution to others
ECOLOGICAL POWER: Control over the physical environment, technology, and organization of the work provides an opportunity for indirect influence over people
