Question

Solomon is the leader of a group of twenty workers. Solomon has the legitimate authority to lead the workers but he has now power to control their behaviors. Which of the following is likely, according to the studies of David Kipnis, to occur is Solomon is given reward power and coercive power also?

Answer 1

Solomon is most likely going to believe that his twenty workers are not autonomous anymore, and certainly exploit them.

Step-by-step explanation:

David Kipnis proposes that power over other people gives the subject with power the impression that other do not control their own behavior and that they are not autonomous anymore.

Also, that a person who successfully exercises power over others is most likely to believe that they are less deserving of respect, thus they become a target of exploiting.

In this case Solomon has legitimate authority and has the absolute power over his workers behaviors so it is most likely that Solomon exercises his power by evading his workers autonomy and exploiting them.