ACCA Strategic Professional · Strategic Business Leader · Qualities of leadership
Marisol is a regional director at Valdora Logistics. Staff comply with her instructions because they believe she can approve their bonuses and promotions. Which source of power, in French and Raven's classification, does this describe?
This is reward power. Staff comply because Marisol controls valued outcomes such as bonuses and promotions. Compliance is motivated by the prospect of benefits rather than by her formal position, her expertise or personal admiration, which would indicate legitimate, expert or referent power.
- AReward powerCorrect
- BExpert power
- CReferent power
- DLegitimate power
Explanation
Reward power rests on the ability to grant benefits such as bonuses and promotions. Legitimate power comes from formal position alone, which is not the stated reason for compliance here. Expert power would require compliance because of her specialist knowledge.
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