This confounding is understandable considering the close theoretical meaning of these two types of social influence. Using these "known" situations as standards, the predictive ability of the scales was examined. 539f. ?HTW'{a>^M_h2i#f Weber (1922), I 16, p. 28. To aid in the understanding of these aspects, this paper has attempted to provide a first step in the development of reliable and valid measures for the bases of social power. Yukl/ Falbe (1990), pp. For example, cf. Fischer and Vauclair (2011) view power in social influence as the influence of the expert person, i.e, the individual with greater expertise and knowledge than the individual being. The item loadings were consistently high and an alpha level of over 0.80 was obtained with the first three items. endobj One paradoxical type of legitimate influence is that of the "dependent" and "powerless." Donn Byrne and Don Nelson, "Attraction as a Linear Similarity," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, (June, 1965), 659-663. Current Studies in Social Psychology (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1965), 371-382. For example, the consulting expertise of staff departments gives them high vertical power. That is, this power stems from the "logic," "reasoning" or importance of the communication provided by the influencing agent and independent of the communicator. The other influence strategies involving threats and legalistic pleas are categorized as hard coercive strategies, whereas promises are categorized as soft coercive strategy. We defined social power as "potential influence," which we should note. Cf. This approach allowed for the development of clear examples of each power basis. .$ .$b N"C(B:,BI@uESN6uzB_^=WrY^>n~Y9cq.S8Xq.-"}a_ W?1 Wlv@* `CZ~^5ZfM1 *Cr%[u bx_z)9/Nou '(w~ Kc0W(z_-e5@>?;;(ah[b f;{3,$ wT#? For the expertise SP scale the item loadings were consistently high and the alpha values were equally acceptable. These constructs were the French and Raven bases of social power which have been widely cited and used in much of the social power literature. The important aspect of construct validity remains to be tested. Coercion will produce decreased attraction of P toward O and high resistance. Current Studies in Social Psychology (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1965), 371-382. << /S 305 /Length 157 Sandner (1992), p. 18; Hinkin/Schriesheim (1990), pp. One hundred and fifty items were generated, approximately 25 for each French and Raven power type. Click here to navigate to respective pages. Because if you did so then she/he would do something nice for you in return. Since efforts were taken to encourage responsible participation by the subjects and no response patterns were observed in the data, it is felt that the procedure used is acceptable.]. In understanding family decision-making, this information might be particularly useful. Table 3 presents this analysis, using the three highest loading items in each scale to calculate the scores. These incompletes did not occur in any particular class or any one influence treatment. 7477; Lukes (1974), pp. xW]s|WS%>lcRsHul" >> 3099067 5 Howick Place | London | SW1P 1WG 2023 Informa UK Limited, Registered in England & Wales No. Yukl/ Kim/ Chavez (1999), p. 137; Ivancevich/Donnelly (1970), pp. Boyle et al. In most situations it is difficult to independently distinguish expert and information social power. Low and high expertise power was created by presenting the salesman as either "above average" or "excellent" on six attributes of selling ability and training. The second panel depicted a police officer saying to the young adult, "Would you please move away form here." Managers and staff often keep informal, non-legitimized sets of records concerning items typically of an economic and quantitative nature [] These non-legitimized records will be referred to as the informal accounting information system. Clancy/Collins (1979), p. 22; further cf. [Perhaps a better procedure would have been to word half the items in the negative to protect against possible response set biases. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-9635-0_2, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-9635-0_2, eBook Packages: Business and EconomicsBusiness and Management (R0). The original French and Raven (1959) bases of power model posited six bases of power: reward, coercion, legitimate, expert, referent, and informational (or persuasion; Raven, 1965), Since then, as the result of considerable research, the model has gone through significant developments. Sanctions refer to using threats or sanctions to reach compliance. William L. Wilkie, Ann Abor, MI : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 340-346. In this method, the influencer is presented as either being similar or dissimilar to the subject on a list of attitude topics. Studies in Social Power, (Ann Arbor, Mich.: Institute for Social Research, 1959). << The final expert situations used for this study were agreed upon by the judges to be clear examples of expertise, but also possibly examples of information power. Secondly, it is not necessary for A to act in order to have power over B. Studies in Social Power (Ann Arbor, Mich.: Institute for Social Research, 1959). 136f. This calculation was made for all sets of items having at least a commonality of 0.35 for the smallest loading item. familiar with the French and Raven typology. There is a need for more valid and reliable measures of social power. Permanent Secretary. To the extent that A's legitimate power is derived from a general value or belief of B, A would be expected to have power across many situations. The second category further includes promises and threats, where the agents pledge to provide the targets with some kind of reward or sanction if they comply with the agents desires, and legalistic strategies that are based on formal legal contracts or binding agreements. The ability to distribute positive or negative rewards. The results of this study indicate that reliable measures of perceived social power can be obtained with relatively few items. Raven (1992), pp. This was necessary to ensure that the later scale results could be validated with a known situation treatment (i.e., the "expertise" power score would be highest in the expertise situations.) Each item was judged as to whether or not it was an indicator of each of the French and Raven types of power. METHOD For this study a Likert approach was selected. Because this power base is often derived from many complex societal and personal values, the range of legitimate power A has over B will vary across situations. %PDF-1.6 The effectiveness of the experimental treatments is often not verified by manipulation check measures. 0 Cf. Kipnis/ Schmidt/ Wilkinson (1980), pp. Adding pressure for conformity on the targets by invoking the help of higher levels in the organization is labeled upward appeal. 2020. For a discussion of non-relational power theories cf. Cf. (McKelvy, 1976). social influence in the opposite direction. Readings in Social Psychology (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1952). Hinkin T., Schriesheim C. A. Advances in Consumer Research Volume 6, 1979 Pages 340-346 MEASURING THE BASES OF SOCIAL POWER John L. Swasy (student), University of California, Los Angeles ABSTRACT - The French and Raven conceptualization of social power and previous operationalizations of the bases of social power are reviewed. Some of this . The SP scale for reward is composed of items reflecting the non-attainment of rewards for non-compliance and the importance of the rewards as the motivation for compliant behavior. /L 800678 Philip J. Runkel and Joseph E. McGrath, Research on Human Behavior: A Systematic Guide to Method (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1972). lhvwqfY@O>jt)20F9}x6qC[VNn/-/~o~Z u! This definition takes over the semantic meaning of the verb to use, i.e., [] to employ for a purpose; put into action or service. Longman (1987), p. 1161. The calculation of alpha allows for an assessment of the relationship between test length and internal consistency. <> Social Influence and Power. In I. D. Steiner and M. Fishbein (Eds. In addition, single item measures are subject to many sources of error and do not allow for the assessment of reliability. 225f. The required time for completion of this task ranged between 15 and 20 minutes. Copyright 2006-2023 Scientific Research Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved. Cf. Scale Items The items generated by the author, depicted characteristics of either an influence situation in general, a particular relationship between the influencer and influencee, abilities or resources of the influencer, etc. <> The first assumption will be addressed in the analysis section. ; Hirst/Baxter (1993), p. 190; Palich/Hom (1992), p. 280. Because if you did not do so, he/she might do or say something which would be unpleasant for you in return, 3. The terms management accounting (MA), management accounting systems (MAS), management control systems (MCS) and organizational control (OC) are sometimes used interchangeably. Psychoanalytic theory, field theory, exchange theory, as well as the persuasion and attitude change literature all deal with aspects of the influence one person has on another. and civil service stakeholders view the role and contribution of Special While some research situations may require alternative criteria for item selection (i.e., a wide content of scale items), the issue of internal consistency is still important. Declarations by the experimenter regarding the influencer's ability to control monetary payments or electrical shocks, or attributed knowledge and experience to the influencer are also typical. 623625. 0000003237 00000 n <> In 1959, French and Raven described five bases of power: Legitimate - This comes from the belief that a person has the formal right to make demands, and to expect others to be compliant and obedient. Venkatesh/ Kohli/ Zaltman (1995), p. 72. ; Dahl (1957), p. 202. One method of operationalizing social power is by creating an experimental treatment situation depicting the desired social power. The factor analysis was performed for each set of items (basis of power) across all situations. legitimate, referent, . A commonly cited definition is that of French and Raven (1959) and Cartwright and Zander (1968) who define influence as "a change in cognition, attitude, behavior or emotion of one person which can be attributed to another agent." Social power is "the potential influence of one person over another" (Cartwright and Zander, p. 316). Horngren et al. Bert F. Green, "Attitude Measurement," in Handbook of Social Psychology, Vol. Add your e-mail address to receive free newsletters from SCIRP. Also, the use of a panel of trained judges to screen the test items, and the "face" validity of the scale items suggest that the social power scales have an acceptable level of content validity. 785 0 obj Busch and Wilson (1976) employed this method in a study on the effect of life insurance salesmen's expert and referent bases of social power on subject's trust in the salesman, overall attitude toward life insurance and several behavioral measures. French and Raven note: "to the extent that 0 (influencer) mediates the sanctions (i.e., has means of control over P (influencee) we are dealing with coercive and reward power, but to the extent that P avoids discomfort or gains satisfaction by conformity based on identification regardless of O's responses we are dealing with referent power." The six judges rated thirty-six situations for each type of influence on a 1 to 5 scale having end points of "does not depict this type of power" and "clearly depicts this type of social power." Thus, six ANOVAs were run one for each power base. A minimum of five of the six judges classified the item as an indicator for the same power type; and 2. Social Influence & Power 1 Social influence and power . Mathematically Lewin defined the Power of A over B as the quotient of the maximum force that A could (or possibly could) induce on B and the maximum resistance that B could offer. In addition, with reward power, A's influence is usually limited to those domains where A has the ability to reward. Schffer/ Steiners (2004), p. 386; Somech/Drach-Zahavy (2002), p. 168. Cf. They were also informed that if they felt that they could not perform the task in a conscientious manner, to please return the questionnaire unmarked or incomplete. The third basis for social power is referent power, which results largely from the influencee's feelings of identification with the influencer and desire to maintain similarity with the influencer. stream 5. John R. P. French and Bertram Raven, "The Basis of Social Power," in D. Cartwright (ed.) The The authors label them personal sanctions and impersonal sanctions. However, with coercive power the influencee's attraction toward the influencer should decrease and cause the influencee to avoid further encounters with the influencer. French and Raven (1959) proposed five types of power, which differ in their likelihood of producing public conformity or private acceptance. Helena Leet-Pellegrini and Jeffrey Z. Rubin, "The Effects of Six Bases of Power Upon Compliance, Identification, and Internalization," Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 3 (January, 1974), 63-70. In contrast, contingency-based research follows a more conventional view that perceives management accounting systems as a passive tool to assist managers decision-making. Lee J. Cronbach, "Coefficient Alpha and the Internal Structure of Tests," Psychometrika, 16 (1951). Overview A Likert scale development format was used for this study and included the following major steps: (1) A large pool of belief statements which reflect different characteristics of a social power situation was generated; (2) Judges rated these items to select those which clearly indicate a particular type of power: (3) Influence situations were generated and judged for use as standards for scale development. We tested whether harsh tacticsoften used for elevating self-image at the dyadic levelalso provide a means for gaining advantage . For example, a person may appear "helpless" in order to get another to perform a task. group or organization to act and move in a particular direction. William E. Pollard and Terence R. Mitchell, "Decision Theory Analysis of Social Power," Psychological Bulletin, 78 (November, 1972), 433-446. Martin Fishbein and Icek Ajzen, Belief, Attitude, Intention and Behavior: An Introduction to Theory and Action (Reading, Mass. This relatively homogeneous population of subjects restricts the generalizability of the results. As their definitions of instrumental and symbolic uses of information do not apply to informational influence strategies as defined by this research, they will not be investigated further. However the best alpha level which could be obtained with items having an estimated communality greater than 0.35 was 0.59. ), Current Studies in Social Psychology (pp. Kelman (1961), pp. Table 22.3. (1954), p. 34. Because you felt that given you were both part of the same family, you should see eye-to-eye on these matters. New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston. % These constructs were the French and Raven bases of social power which have been widely cited and used in much of the social power literature. The significant F ratios and the higher mean scores for the appropriate situations suggest that the scales and situations were good operationalizations of the power constructs. . Barry E. Collins and Bertram Raven, "Group Structure: Attraction, Coalitions, Communication and Power," in G. Lindsey and E. Aronson (eds.) 782 0 obj However, the "normative function" of a reference group is analogous to the reward and coercion power bases discussed above. Payan/ Nevin (2006), pp. In Likert test development an index of the items' discriminating power serves as the evaluation criterion. French and Raven's Forms of Power describes six sources of leadership power: Coercive, Reward, Legitimate, Expert, Referent and Informational. 0000003579 00000 n 0000001446 00000 n THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Previous works have offered a variety of definitions of social power and influence (Pollard and Mitchell, 1972). The authors describe three types of information use: The foregoing analysis suggests that there are three alternative theoretical perspectives on the use of accounting data in organizations (1) technical-rational, which is driven by considerations of efficiency; (2) socio-political, which is the pursuit of power and influence, and; (3) institutional, which stems from the need to put on an appropriate facade for the world to see. Ansari/Euske (1987), p. 553. Simon et al. In this dissertation, the words agent(s) and supervisor(s) as well as target(s) and subordinate(s) are used synonymously. TABLE 3 ONE WAY ANOVA AND NEWMAN-KEULS TEST OF DIFFERENCES IN SOCIAL POWER SCORES ACROSS SITUATIONS In conclusion, social power and influence are important aspects of many consumer decisions. Cf. xc`````Na`f`P} @1FHoTbe3k2fIR.U)S^kYrbC\Sv:1 z (>(f`fg\Cje!L]gG b In fact Collins and Raven (1969) suggest that informational influence may follow only after some degree of expert power is perceived by the influencee (p. 184). The final power basis, information, differs from the previous bases in that it is "independent" of the influencing agent (Deutsch and Gerard, 1955). endobj 1 (Reading, Mass. Thus each situation had six scores (one for each type of social power) ranging from the lowest possible (6) to the highest (30). Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative, Over 10 million scientific documents at your fingertips, Not logged in Knorr (1977), pp. Subjects for this research were undergraduate accounting majors at UCLA. Behrman/Perreault Jr. (1984), p. 13; Brown/Lusch/Muehling (1983), p. 90. In I. D. Steiner, & M. Fishbein (Eds. 124f. If other situational and internal forces balance A's force, then no change will occur. 447f. 0000001340 00000 n John L. Swasy (1979) ,"Measuring the Bases of Social Power", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 06, eds. suggest that there are six bases of influence (or power) 0 can invoke in order to influence P in the manner 0 chooses: reward, coercive, expert. 159168. If the scales are actually measuring their respective power bases and the situations truly depict a given power base situation, then one would expect that significant differences in the power scores should occur across the situations. John Schopler and Nicholas Bateson, "The Power of Dependence,'' Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2 (1965), 247-254. Cf. the fracture points to be overcome in the process of policy delivery is Walster/Festinger (1962). Operationalizations One method of operationalizing social power is by creating an experimental treatment situation depicting the desired social power. trailer In understanding family decision-making, this information might be particularly useful. Cf. Cf. As expected, the items dealing with the "logic," "good reasoning" and "sense" of the influencer's message are the best items for the information scale. The effect of the social power treatment on various dependent variables can then be tested. 08-Levi.qxd 1/22/2007 12:54 PM Page 131. of punishment by team leaders. 1989. /Prev 785243 0000001427 00000 n Weber (1922), I 16, p. 28(italics added). A number of studies, many of which grew out of other theoretical . As expected, the items dealing with the "logic," "good reasoning" and "sense" of the influencer's message are the best items for the information scale. << TITLE: This consists of a series of cartoons illustrating an influence situation. This comparison was made using manipulation check measures for referent power which were two 7 Point items("how much they (subject) would like the salesman if the met him" and "would they enjoy working with him in a research experiment.") Morton Deutsch and Harold Gerald, "A Study of Normative and Informational Influence Upon Individual Judgment," Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 51 (1955), 629-636. The capability to bridge the tensions between ministerial Since the same item generation and judging procedures were used for this SP scale as the others, it is believed that the items are indicative of legitimate power and that the lower alpha levels for this scale are primarily due to the limited array of situations used here. endstream While some research situations may require alternative criteria for item selection (i.e., a wide content of scale items), the issue of internal consistency is still important. Approximately 25 other subjects were eliminated from the study because of incomplete questionnaires. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Items with high discriminating power are selected for the final form. /T 785253 2023 Springer Nature Switzerland AG. New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston. The first three items of this scale achieved an alpha of 0.80. Thus, having only one situation to represent the higher legitimate power value and 11 situations having small values could cause these lower intercorrelations. <> Psychoanalytic theory, field theory, exchange theory, as well as the persuasion and attitude change literature all deal with aspects of the influence one person has on another. For example, cf. Gabler. Thus, the more powerful is obligated to perform the duties associated with the powerful role position and submit to the demands of the influencee. Google Scholar Raven, B. H. The comparative analysis of power and power preference. In this case, the subjects were instructed to assume the role of the influencee in a given scenario, and then indicate their agreement or disagreement to each of the 85 belief statements selected by the judges. The consistency between the scale values and situations suggest that the scales have reasonable predictive validity. FIGURE 1 SELECTED SITUATION SCENARIOS Procedure The final instrument consisted of one scenario and the 85 test items which were arranged in random order. For the six social power (SP) scales discussed below, the factor loadings and alpha coefficients for items with communality greater than .35 are presented in Table 2. The 1975 edition contains the same theory, but extends it by research and arguments that emerged in reaction to the original publication. A factor analytic scale analysis was chosen to construct the final scales. . In this type of situation persons who have few resources in the sense of power and influence, have a "legitimate" right to influence those who are more powerful. startxref For the expert situations, it was difficult to generate a situation free of informational power. ONE WAY ANOVA AND NEWMAN-KEULS TEST OF DIFFERENCES IN SOCIAL POWER SCORES ACROSS SITUATIONS. A commonly cited definition is that of French and Raven (1959) and Cartwright and Zander (1968) who define influence as "a change in cognition, attitude, behavior or emotion of one person which can be attributed to another agent." Social power is "the potential influence of one person over another" (Cartwright and Zander, p. 316). 0000003681 00000 n Schopler and Bateson (1965) suggest that the "power of dependence" is a form of legitimate power since it involves the acceptance of an influence role relationship. French Jr./ Raven (1959), p. 151. Cf. 74f. Donn Byrne, "Interpersonal Attraction and Attitude Similarity,'' Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 62 (May, 1961), 713-715. Fang Wan, University of Manitoba, Canada 72f. The social influence of person A over person B was defined in terms of the force A could bring to bear on B and the resistance B could offer. In this model, behavior was explained as the resultant force caused by tensions and needs which originated within (or acted upon) the life space. 771 0 obj While using this approach lessens the external validity of the results, it does allow other researchers to easily and rather inexpensively test the findings.] In D. Cartwright (Ed. Previous works have offered a variety of definitions of social power and influence (Pollard and Mitchell, 1972). The development of an instrument to measure perceived social power is presented. These incompletes did not occur in any particular class or any one influence treatment. 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