Power can be defined as ability to take action. There are different sources of power namely position, reward

Question

Question: Power can be defined as ability to take action. There are different sources of power namely position, reward, coercive, expertise, referent, personal and connection power.

If a manager delays promotion of his subordinate due to an overall bad performance,

Options:

1.  Reward power
2.  Coercive power
3.  Personal power
4.  Referent power

Answer 1

2. Coercive power

Power can be defined as ability to take action. There are different sources of power namely position, reward, coercive, expertise, referent, personal and connection power. If a manager delays promotion of his subordinate due to an overall bad performance, coercive power.

Coercive power is the ability of a mangers to force an employee to follow an order by threatening to punish if not comply.