Table 3 Bases of power: rotated factors, item loadings, and reliabilities

Factor I: Personal power

He/she can make me feel personally accepted

.822

He/she is a likeable person

.799

He/she can make me feel important

.794

He/she can make me feel like he/she is approved of me

.786

He/she can make me feel valued

.779

He/she can share his/her considerable experience and/or training with me

.772

He/she possesses or has access to information that is valuable to others

.772

He/she can use logic to convince his/her co-workers

.760

He/she can provide me with sound job-related advice

.759

He/she can convince workers by explaining the importance of the issue

.758

He/she can provide me with good technical suggestions

.744

He/she has the knowledge required for the job

.737

He/she can provide me with needed technical knowledge

.712

He/she can provide sufficient information to support my view

.675

He/she can explain the reasons for his/her request

.624

Factor II: Legitimate power

He/she can make him/she recognizes that he/she has tasks to accomplish

.839

He/she can make me feel like I should satisfy his/her job requirements

.820

His/her position in the organization provides him/her with the authority to direct their work activities

.808

He/she can make me feel that I have commitments to meet

.758

He/she can give me the feeling that I have responsibilities to fulfill

.756

Factor III: Reward power

He/she can provide me with special benefits

.841

He/she can increase my pay levels

.803

He/she can give special help and benefits to those who cooperate with him/her

.795

He/she can influence I get a promotion

.746

He/she can influence whether I get a pay raise

.673

Factor IV: Coercive Power

He/she can give me undesirable job assignment

He/she can make things unpleasant for him/her in his/her workplace

.953

He/she can make work difficult for me

.911

He/she can make being at work distasteful for him/her

.909

He/she can administer sanctions and punishment to those who do not cooperate with him/her

.903

Factor V: Connection Power

He/she has connections with influential and important persons

.786

He/she has a lot of connection with others outside the organization

.739

He/she knows a number of influential people

.514

.700

He/she maintains close ties with powerful others within the organization

.513

.686

He/she is in good terms with top people within the organization

.519

.616

Eigenvalue

18.887

3.786

2.576

1.748

1.143

Variance (%) (Total: 80.40%)

53.964

10.817

7.360

4.993

3.266

Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin MSA

.927

Bartlett’s test of sphericity

9189.580**

Reliability (Cronbach’s alpha)

.973

.956

.925

.955

.954