Exam 13: Power and Politics

When considering how you can use power and politics in your own career, which questions should you ask yourself?

Expert power develops out of admiration of another and a desire to be like that person.

Your colleagues at work are constantly talking about the vice-president in your region. He is perceived throughout the organization as a ruthless man who is not to be antagonized. It is necessary for you to bring him a report, and you are very nervous about having to deal with him. The vice president's major base of power seems to be ________.

Which of the following terms best represents a point of difference between power and leadership?

Which of the following influence tactics is considered a "harder" tactic that emphasizes formal power and incurs greater costs and risks?

Describe impression management (IM) techniques and the impact they have on interview success.

Which of the following is not considered to be a power tactic?

________ power is based on the fear of the negative results from failing to comply.

Those who are ________, ________, and ________ are most vulnerable to ethical lapses because they are likely to be able to get away with unethical practices.

Which of the following is most likely to help Jerrod earn higher performance evaluations?

You're more likely to be effective if you begin with "harder" tactics and move to "softer" tactics only if the harder tactics fail.

Which of the following power tactics tends to backfire and is typically the least effective of the nine power tactics?

Unlike leadership research, research on power tends to focus on ________.

People in individualistic countries tend to see power in social terms and as a legitimate means of helping others.

The power that the College Dean has been granted by the University over the faculty is referred to as ________ power.

Which of the following skills best represents the ability of people to influence others to enhance their own objectives?

Personal power is based on an individual's position in an organization. It can come from the ability to coerce or reward, or from formal authority.

The most important factor leading to politics within organizations is the realization that most of the "facts" used to allocate the limited resources are not open to interpretation.

People especially likely to comply with hard power tactics tend to be intrinsically motivated.

People especially likely to comply with soft power tactics tend to ________.