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Organizational Behavior
McShane/Von Glinow 4E Chapter 12
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Business
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11/08/2010

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Power
Definition
The capacity of a person, team, or organization to influence others
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Counterpower
Definition
The capacity to a person, team, or organization to keep a more powerful person or group in the exchange relationship
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Legitimate Power
Definition
The capacity to influence others through formal authority
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Referent Power
Definition
The capacity to influence others based on the identification and respect they have for the power holder
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Substitutability
Definition
The extent to which people dependent on a resource have alternatives
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Sources of Power
Definition
Legitimate, Reward, Coercive, Expert, Referent
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Contingencies of Power
Definition
Substitutability, Centrality, Discretion, Visibility
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Centrality
Definition
The degree and nature of interdependence between the power holder and others
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Mentoring
Definition
The process of learning the ropes of organizational life from a senior person within the company
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Networking
Definition
Cultivating social relationships with others to accomplish one's goals
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Types of Influence Tactics (9)
Definition
Silent Authority, Assertiveness, information control, coalition formation, upward appeal, ingratiation/impression management, persuasion, exchange
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Coalition
Definition
An informal group that attempts to influence people outside the group by pooling the resources and power of its members
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Upward Appeal
Definition
A type of coalition in which one or more members have higher authority or expertise
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Ingratiation
Definition
Any attempt to increase liking by, or perceived similarity to, the targeted person
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Impression Management
Definition
the practice of actively shaping one's public image
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Persuasion
Definition
Using logical arguments, facts, and emotional appeals to encourage people to accept a request or message
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Inoculation effect
Definition
A persuasive communication strategy of warning listeners that others will try to influence them in the future and that they should be wary of the opponent's arguments
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organizational politics
Definition
Behaviors that others perceive as self-serving tactics for personal gain at the expense of other people and possibly the organization
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Machiavellian values
Definition
The belief that deceit is a natural and acceptable way to influence others
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