Book chapter
Leadership as the Management of Power in Relationships at Work
Relating Difficulty: The Processes of Constructing and Managing Difficult Interaction, pp.61-80
LEA's Series on Personal Relationships, Routledge
2006
Abstract
In everyday thinking, leadership is often conceived in terms of the formal power that leaders have to command the behavior of their followers. In sociology, the term has been given more differentiated
consideration and in the relationship literature too, there are complexities beyond this everyday analysis. For example, the power to control
others makes relationships difficult between leaders and followers.
New leaders are cautioned against trying to be friends with their subordinates and advised that it is better for a leader to be respected than liked
(Cohen, 2000). Individuals recently promoted to a supervisory position
have difficulty because they can no longer interact as equals with coworkers. The problem is especially difficult for women and minority
group members because their authority is more likely to be resisted
(Ridgeway, 2001). They may be required to make greater use of their
formal power, resulting in negative reactions from followers and even
more difficult relationships with them.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Leadership as the Management of Power in Relationships at Work
- Creators
- Michael J Lovaglia - University of Iowa, Sociology and CriminologyJeffrey W. Lucas
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Relating Difficulty: The Processes of Constructing and Managing Difficult Interaction, pp.61-80
- Publisher
- Routledge; New York
- Series
- LEA's Series on Personal Relationships
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2006
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Sociology and Criminology; Rhetoric
- Record Identifier
- 9984306239902771
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