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The four bases of personal power



1. A manager who withholds positive outcomes, such as special assignments or bonuses, as a means for controlling the behavior of employees is using which type of power? 
a) legitimate power. 
b) expert power. 
c) coercive power. 
d) process power. 
e) reward power. 


2. Consider a financial analyst who reviews, analyzes, and makes recommendations regarding investment proposals from other organizational units. What type of position power is the analyst most likely using in doing her/his job? 
a) reward power. 
b) coercive power. 
c) legitimate power. 
d) process power. 
e) information power. 


3. Karl is the manager of an engineering department. He refuses to allow engineering drawings to be circulated outside of the department. Karl is exercising which type of power? 
a) coercive power. 
b) information power. 
c) legitimate power. 
d) process power. 
e) representative power. 


4. Which type of power is being used by an investor relations manager who is responsible for anticipating the questions of investors and guiding the types of responses that senior management makes? 
a) legitimate power. 	b) information power. 
c) representative power. 	d) reward power. 	e) coercive power. 


5. The four bases of personal power are _____, _____, _____, and _____. 
a) legitimate; expert; information; referent. 
b) coercive; expert; reward; rational persuasion. 
c) reward; process; rational persuasion; coalitions. 
d) referent; reward; legitimate; expert. 
e) expert; rational persuasion; referent; coalitions. 





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