Janet is very aggressive at her job, and her coworkers complain that she often manipulates them and her boss in order to get ahead. She attempts to direct everything and everyone, regardless of the consequences to others or even the organization itself. Janet is expressing what type of need for power?   

A. Personal
B. Destructive
C. Legitimate
D. Organizational
E. Compensatory


A. Personal

McClelland identifies two forms of the need for power. The negative kind is the need for personal power, as expressed in the desire to dominate others, and involves manipulating people for one's own gratification.

Business

You might also like to view...

An advantage of using the periodic inventory system is that it requires less recordkeeping than the perpetual inventory system

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Business

Why is telemarketing considered to be one of the most intrusive forms of direct marketing?

What will be an ideal response?

Business

Germans use salutations similar to those used in the United States

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Business

A sample of size 20 is selected at random from a population of size N. If the finite population correction factor is 0.9418, then N must be 169.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Business