HROB 3100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Ingratiation, Mercurial, Peer Pressure
8 Apr 2014
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Negative view of personal power is common in cultures that place a high value on ascription, rather than achievement, and on collectivism, rather than individualism. Power need not be associated with aggression, brute force, craftiness, or deceit. Power can be viewed as a sign of personal efficicy. People with power shape their environment, whereas the powerless are molded by theirs. Rosabeth kanter pointed out that powerful managers not only can accomplish more pesonally, Managers with an institutional power orientation use their power to advance the goals of the organization. Personal power view of power tend to use their power for personal gain. Both lack of power and the abuse of power are equally debilitating and counterproductive. Empowerment uses sufficient amounts of personal power to achieve high levels of effectiveness. Gaining power (overcoming feelings of powerlessness: 2. Converting power effectively into interpersonal influence in ways that avoid the abuse of power.
