INFLUENCE OF POWER BASES IN ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION MAKING: A CONTINGENCY MODEL*
研究了四种权力基础在四个决策情境中的相对影响力，发现随着不确定性增加，职位权力影响力下降，而资源权力和政治权力上升；专家权力在低不确定性时有效，政治权力在高不确定性时盛行。
ABSTRACT The relative influence of four power bases was investigated in four decision‐making contexts using data from forty successfully implemented decisions. The analysis suggests that position power decreases in influence while resource power and political power increase in influence as decision contexts vary from less to more uncertainty. Expert power derives its influence when organizational uncertainty is low and when technical uncertainty is reduced, whereas political power thrives when organizational uncertainty is high and when technical uncertainty remains high. Indexing the influence of power bases provides greater understanding of decision processes than the sociological or social‐psychological approaches of studying participation.