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Authority & Power
Leadership Styles
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Power
Authority: Power that people accept asrightly exercised over them; also calledlegitimate power.
Coercion: Power that people do not acceptas rightly exercised over them; also called
illegitimate power.
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Traditional Power/Authority
Traditional Authority is based on custom.
Birth right of kings
Gender
Roles
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Rational-Legal Power/Authority
Rational-Legal Authority is based on writtenrules.
Constitution
Corporate charter
Contracts
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Charismatic Power/Authority
Charismatic Authority is based on anindividuals outstanding traits, whichattract followers.
From God
From Nature
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Power
Power refers to all the means by whichindividuals, groups, or institutions canexert controlling influence over others.
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Reward Power
Is the potential to provide a desiredbenefit: (Lauffer, 1984, p 159)
Salary increase
Promotion
Days off
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Coercive Power
Derives from the ability to withholdrewards or to apply negative sanctions(Lauffer, 1984, p 160).
Legal sanctions
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Positional Power
Derives form ones place on a hierarchy(Lauffer, 1984, p 160).
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Expert Power
Derives from knowledge, technicalcompetence or skills which are presumedsuperior to those who are involved with
the exchange relationship (Lauffer, 1984,p 160).
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Referent Power
Is derived from personal relationships thatover time generate a feeling of trust whichpermit one to influenced the other
through give and take (Lauffer, 1984, p160).
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Leadership
Leadership is the process of influencingindividual and group behavior toward theattainment of organizational goals (French,
1998, p A-35). Leadership is the process of influencing other
people to meet their goals and maintain internalor group harmony (Henslin, 1999, p. 159).
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Leadership Styles
Autocratic Leadership: Leadership thatis based primarily on power, authority,and position.
Expert Leadership: Leadership that isbased primarily on knowledge andexpertise with little or no emphasis on
individual or group process.
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Leadership Styles
Process Specialist: Leadership that isbased primarily on the knowledge andexpertise in individual and group process
with little or no focus on expertise orknowledge in a specific content area.
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Leadership Styles
Collaborator: Leadership that is basedon and equal share of knowledge andexpertise of a subject area, and expertise
in individual and group process
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Leadership Styles
Catalytic: Leadership that is basedprimarily on the knowledge and expertisein individual and group process with no
focus on expertise or knowledge in aspecific content area.
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References
French, W. L. (1998). Human ResourcesManagement. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin.
Henslin, J. M. (1999). Sociology: A Down toEarth Approach. Needham Heights, MA, Allyn
and Bacon. Lauffer, A. (1984). Understanding Your Social
Agency. Newbury Park, California, Sage.