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coalition  Temporary groupings of people who actively pursue a single issue.
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coercive power  Obtaining compliance through threatened or actual punishment.
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delegation  Granting decision-making authority to people at lower levels.
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empowerment  Sharing varying degrees of power with lower-level employees to better serve the customer.
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expert power  Obtaining compliance through one's knowledge or information.
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impression management  Getting others to see us in a certain manner.
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legitimate power  Obtaining compliance through formal authority.
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organizational politics  Intentional enhancement of self-interest.
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personalized power  Directed at helping oneself.
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power  Ability to get things done with human, informational, and material resources.
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reciprocity  Widespread belief that people should be paid back for their positive and negative acts.
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referent power  Obtaining compliance through charisma or personal attraction.
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reward power  Obtaining compliance with promised or actual rewards.
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socialized power  Directed at helping others.
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