One of the nurses often fails to attend educational offerings available to the staff. The nurse manager who implies the nurse may receive a negative evaluation is using which type of power?
1. Coercive power
2. Information power
3. Referent power
4. Reward power
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Rationale 1: Coercive power is based on penalties a manager might impose on an employee. A negative evaluation is a penalty.
Rationale 2: Information power is based on information a manager has and employees want.
Rationale 3: Referent power is based on the respect the followers have for the manager.
Rationale 4: Reward power is based on the inducements a manager can give to the employees.
Global Rationale:
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