MGT 325 MODULE 9 REVIEW QUESTIONS | VERIFIED
ACCURATE ANSWERS | 2026
power is the ability both to influence the conduct of others and to resist unwanted
influence in return - Answers -true
McClelland coined the term nPow to refer to an individual's need for power - Answers -
true
reward power is based on the ability to allocate desirable outcomes -- either the receipt
of positive things or the elimination of negative things - Answers -true
people who hold positions of hierarchical authority are accorded expert power by virtue
of the fact that they are office holders - Answers -false; people who hold positions of
hierarchical authority are accorded LEGITIMATE power by virtue of the fact that they
are office holders
expert power derives from the possession of expertise, knowledge, and talent -
Answers -true
compliance ensues when people conform to the wishes or directives of others so a stop
acquire favorable outcomes for themselves in return - Answers -true
through internalization, people may adopt others' attitudes and behaviors because this
course of action satisfies their personal needs - Answers -true
reward, coercive, and legitimate power are all forms of personal power - Answers -false
- they are all forms of ORGANIZATIONAL power
internalization is stimulated by the use of expert power, so long-term behavioral
changes are quite probably when expert power is used - Answers -true
the critical contingencies model of power is based on the idea that "those [individuals or
groups] most able to cope with [their] organization's critical problems and uncertainties
acquire power - Answers -true
critical contingencies are the things that an organization and its various parts need to
accomplish organizational goals and continue surviving - Answers -true
in the critical contingencies model, high substitutability occurs when others can serve as
substitutes and reduce the same sort of uncertainty - Answers -true
politics can be defined as activities in which individuals or groups engage so as to
acquire and use power to advance their own interests - Answers -true
ACCURATE ANSWERS | 2026
power is the ability both to influence the conduct of others and to resist unwanted
influence in return - Answers -true
McClelland coined the term nPow to refer to an individual's need for power - Answers -
true
reward power is based on the ability to allocate desirable outcomes -- either the receipt
of positive things or the elimination of negative things - Answers -true
people who hold positions of hierarchical authority are accorded expert power by virtue
of the fact that they are office holders - Answers -false; people who hold positions of
hierarchical authority are accorded LEGITIMATE power by virtue of the fact that they
are office holders
expert power derives from the possession of expertise, knowledge, and talent -
Answers -true
compliance ensues when people conform to the wishes or directives of others so a stop
acquire favorable outcomes for themselves in return - Answers -true
through internalization, people may adopt others' attitudes and behaviors because this
course of action satisfies their personal needs - Answers -true
reward, coercive, and legitimate power are all forms of personal power - Answers -false
- they are all forms of ORGANIZATIONAL power
internalization is stimulated by the use of expert power, so long-term behavioral
changes are quite probably when expert power is used - Answers -true
the critical contingencies model of power is based on the idea that "those [individuals or
groups] most able to cope with [their] organization's critical problems and uncertainties
acquire power - Answers -true
critical contingencies are the things that an organization and its various parts need to
accomplish organizational goals and continue surviving - Answers -true
in the critical contingencies model, high substitutability occurs when others can serve as
substitutes and reduce the same sort of uncertainty - Answers -true
politics can be defined as activities in which individuals or groups engage so as to
acquire and use power to advance their own interests - Answers -true
