Management offers a day of pampering at a spa if nurses agree to work three out of four weekends over the summer. This type of power is known as ____

a. Coercive
b. Expert
c. Legitimate
d. Reward


D
French and Raven's five sources of power (1959) include reward, coercive, expert, referent, and legitimate. When reward power is used, most persons comply because of the positive benefits of doing so.

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