Understanding power is important because it helps us know wh…
Understanding power is important because it helps us know what kind of influence a leader has over individuals and groups. According to French and Raven’s (1959) research, there are five sources of power: reward, coercive, legitimate, referent and expert. Big-time college football or basketball coaches who use their position as leaders to influence the athletes on their teams with inducements of scholarship money or NIL deals, or use threats of being cut from the team for poor performance, would best exemplify which two of French and Raven’s forms of power?
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