Question

Abigail, a department manager, is struggling to try to lead a cross-functional team. Most members are other department managers at her level, and they see no reason to do what she asks.

Here, Abigail has:


a. high task structure.

b. low tolerance for ambiguity.

c. poor leader-member relations.

d. weak referent power.

e. weak position power.

Answer 1

Answer:  weak position power

Explanation: Simply put, position power relates to the influence that one has in an organization over someone else owing to the place that such person occupies in the administrative hierarchy. The role power works as a base line for a company's senior subordinate partnership.

The influence of the job makes the stream of contact vertical, creating a sense of reverence and respect among some of the subordinates to their superiors.

In the case at hand, Abigail is the manager of the group as well as the other person on whom she wishes to direct to hold the very same role as she does. Therefore, there really is no senior-junior arrangement between them that implies weak role control.