Year: 1989
Type: article
Abstract: Social power is an important attribute of the influencing agent in an interpersonal influence situation. The present study investigated the structure of the influencing agent's social power as perceived by the influence target and the relationship between perceived social power and the perception of being influenced. The Perceived Social Power Scale (PSPS) was devised, and its reliability and validity were assessed to be moderately high. The social power model in Fig.2 was constructed on the basis of the shaping process of social power. It was hypothesized that the “primary power” containing reward, coercive and expert power had indirect effects, as well as direct effects, on the perception of being influenced interactively through the “secondary power” which contained both legitimate and referent power. Path analyses were conducted on the basis of the model as a function of interpersonal relationships. The results supported the model and legitimate power had the largest effect on the perception of being influenced.
Source: Japanese Psychological Research
Author: YOSHIAKI IMAI
Institution: The University of Tokyo
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2514075494