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1 Legitimate power is the authentic right of a leader to make certain types of requests. These requests are based on internalized social and cultural values in an organization. It is the easiest type of influence for most subordinates to accept. For example, virtually all employees accept the manager's authority to conduct a performance evaluation. 2 Reward power is a leader's control over rewards of value to the group members. Exercising this power includes giving salary increases and recommending employees for promotion. Being wealthy leads to having considerable reward power and being an extremely wealthy leader has become almost synonymous with power. 3 Coercive power is a leader's control over punishments. Organizational punish- ments include assigning undesirable working hours, demotion and firing. Effective leaders generally avoid heavy reliance on coercive power because it creates resentment and sometimes retaliation. Chapter 10 Leadership in Organizations 4 Expert power derives from a leader's job-related knowledge as perceived by group members. This type of power stems from having specialized skills, knowledge, or talent. Expert power can be exercised even when a person does not occupy a formal leadership position. An advertising copywriter with a proven record of writing winning ad slogans has expert power, and so does a marketing manager who knows how to create demand for a product. 5 Referent power refers to the ability to control based on loyalty to the leader and the group members' desire to please that person. Having referent power contributes to being perceived as charismatic, but expert power also enhances charisma. Part of the loyalty to the leader is based on identification with the leader's personal characteristics. Referent power and charisma are both based on the subjective perception of the leader's traits and characteristics. 6 Subordinate power is any type of power that employees can exert upward in an organization, based on justice and legal considerations. This type of power restricts the extent to which power can be used to control them. For example, certain categories of workers cannot be asked to work overtime without com- pensation, and a worker does not have to put up with being sexually harassed by the boss. 293