5 preliminery sources of a leader's power

9. The are three basic sources of a leader's power are (1) reward, (2) legitimate, and (3) referent power.



ANS: F

There are five basic sources of a leader's power: legitimate, reward, coercive, referent, and expert power.


10. The five basic sources of a leader's power are (1) legitimate, (2) reward, (3) coercive, (4) referent, and (5) expert power.


ANS: T


11. The use of legitimate power would be present in a situation where followers do something because the leader has the right to request them to do it and they have an obligation to comply, as a consequence of the leader's position in the organization.


ANS: T


12. The zone of indifference is an area within which employees will accept certain directives without questioning the manager’s power.


ANS: T


13. Coercive power is the potential to influence others through the use of sanctions or punishment.



ANS: T


14. Reward power comes from the leader's ability to provide something positively desired by followers in return for behaviors the leader expected and wanted.

ANS: T

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