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Formal and Informal Interpersonal Power in Organisations: Testing a Bifactorial Model of Power in Role-sets
2003
Cet article porte sur la structure et les proprietes des bases du pouvoir dans les situations organisationnelles. On y presente et y teste une theorie bifactorielle du pouvoir elaboree a partir des sources du pouvoir identifiees par French & Raven. Cette theorie pose: a) le pouvoir formel englobe la legitimite et la possibilite d’imposer et de recompenser, le pouvoir informel l’arbitrage et l’expertise, b) le pouvoir formel est liea la hierarchie, c) il est asymetrique alors que le pouvoir informel est reciproque, d) et en relation negative avec le conflit. Un echantillon de 155 sujets a decrit ses relations de pouvoir et ses conflits avec les 1093 membres de son milieu professionnel, super…
Powered by public relations? Mutual perceptions of PR practitioners’ bases of power over journalism
2017
Public relations practitioners depend on journalists to report information, and journalists count on public relations practitioners to provide information. This mutual dependence gives the two parties a degree of power over each other that can be wielded if certain resources are available. However, there are many unanswered questions about how public relations exerts power over journalists and how these influence attempts may affect news coverage. We differentiate six bases of power that public relations practitioners may use to influence journalists. To test the use of these bases of power, we conducted a quantitative survey among German journalists and public relations practitioners. Our…