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HCM 433 MANGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR.pdf

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or stop their pay, although unions have certainly stripped some of this power away over the years.<br />

Management can also directly or indirectly threaten an employee with these punishing<br />

consequences.<br />

2. Expert Power<br />

This is based on the leader’s possession of expertise, skill, and knowledge or understanding only<br />

in certain well defined areas, which, through respect, influence others. A leader high in expert<br />

power is seen as possessing the expertise to facilitate the work bahaviour of others. This respect<br />

leads to compliance with the leader’s wishes put in other words, others must perceive the power<br />

holder to be credible trustworthy and relevant before expert power is granted or recognized.<br />

Credibility comes from having the right credentials; that is the person must really know what he or<br />

she is talking about and be able to show tangible evidence of his knowledge. For example, if a<br />

high successful football coach gives an aspiring young player some advice on how to do new<br />

block, he grant expertly instead to – he will be granted expert power. The coach has<br />

knowledgeable about case because he is so knowledgeable about football.<br />

Besides credibility, the person (agent) must also have trustworthiness and advance. By<br />

trustworthiness, it is meant that the person seeking expert power must have a reputation for being<br />

honest and straightforward. The point must also be made that expertise is the most tenuous (very<br />

thin) type of power, but mangers and especially staff specialists, who seldom have the other<br />

sources of power available to them, often have to depend upon their expertise as their only source<br />

of power.<br />

3. Legitimate Power<br />

This is power based on the position held by the leader. Normally, the higher the position, the<br />

higher the legitimate power tends to be. A leader high in legitimate power induces compliance or<br />

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