Question

“The leader of our research team has studied this issue for 10 years. She earned a PhD from Harvard University and has, since then, been a world leader in her field” This statement reflects ________________ power.

a. leadership

b. referent

c. coercive

d. expert

Answer 1

d. expert is the answer

Answer 2

I'd say D. expert power because expert power is when an employee ( or in your case the teacher) has a high set of knowledge/skills that other employees do not posses. Which by the information above about this teacher's PhD and thier experience, I assume that this teacher must have expert power.