Employees who rebel against perceived conflict with legitimate authority which is based on legal or justice considerations, and use this power to voice their opinions upward, are using which type of power?
a. information
b. expert
c. subordinate
d. coercion
C
Subordinate power (DuBrin, 2000) can be exerted upward in the organizational chain of command by employees based on legal and justice considerations. Subordinate power can be used when employees perceive that an order is going against the limitations of legitimate authority and they have the power to rebel. Coercion or reward power is based on the ability to reward or punish others (Miller, 2003). Expert power is derived from expertise, knowledge, and skills (Fisher & Koch, 1996), and information power is derived from power based on the information that an individual can provide to the group (Miller, 2003).
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