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- Title
On the Relationship between Subordinates' Compliance to Power Sources and Organisational Attitudes.
- Authors
Koslowsky, Meni
- Abstract
Social power involves the potential to influence others and is important in explaining organisational outcomes. Based on the assumptions posited in Raven's (1992, 1993) power interaction model, we examined a set of potential antecedents and correlates of power sources. Participating in the study were 232 nurses and 32 supervisors from two municipal hospitals. Nurses and supervisors were asked to complete a battery of questionnaires including demographic items, the Interpersonal Power Inventory, job satisfaction, and organisational commitment. Convergent and discriminate validity of the power inventory yielded satisfactory results. Principal component analyses of the power inventory revealed a two-factor solution (harsh/soft sources) which was then used for comparison with predictors and outcome data. Among the major findings were the fact that compliance to power sources appears to be contingent on objective and subjective indices of professional distance between supervisors and subordinates, supervisor seniority in the department, and the type of promotion (from without or within department). Job satisfaction was found to be positively related to compliance with soft sources and negatively with harsh sources whereas commitment was positively associated with both. Le pouvoir social, qui est la possibilite´ d'influencer autrui, est important pour rendre compte des re´sultats d'une organisation. Nous examinons, a` partir des hypothe`ses e´nonce´es dans le mode`le inte´ractionniste du pouvoir de Raven (1992, 1993), une se´rie d'ante´ce´dents e´ventuels et de corre´lats des sources de pouvoir. 232 infirmie`res et 32 surveillantes travaillant dans deux hôpitaux municipaux ont participe´ a` cette recherche. On leur a demande´ de remplir une batterie de questionnaires comprenant des items de´mographiques, l'Inventaire de Pouvoir interpersonnel, l'e...
- Subjects
ISRAEL; ORGANIZATIONAL behavior; SOCIAL influence; LEGAL compliance
- Publication
Applied Psychology: An International Review, 2001, Vol 50, Issue 3, p455
- ISSN
0269-994X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1464-0597.00067