A nurse on a medical-surgical floor has been asked to join a research committee. She agrees to this request because of her great admiration for the vice-president of nursing. This is an example of _____ dimension of power
a. dependence
b. relational
c. subversive
d. tactical
B
Relational dimension of power is a property of a social relationship. Dahl (1957) describes power as an interactive process in which "A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do something B would not otherwise do."
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