French and Raven's Bases of Power

French and Raven's Bases of Power explain the five and eventually six forms, types, or sources of power in the 1960s that still apply to us today in the workplace. These concepts are sometimes called French and Raven's power model or power taxonomy, but they all mean the same thing.

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Many books list the five bases of power but French and Raven offered six power bases in all. The types of power are . . .

1. Legitimate Power
2. Reward Power
3. Coercive Power
4. Referent Power
5. Expert Power
6. Informational Power

This model of power is as useful today as when French and Raven first published them.

Reference Articles:
French, J. R. P., Raven, B. The bases of social power. In D. Cartwright and A. Zander. Group dynamics. New York: Harper & Row, 1959.

Raven, B. H. (1965). Social influence and power. In I.D. Steiner & M. Fishbein (Eds.),Current studies in social psychology (pp. 371–382). New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston.

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