Referent power

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Referent power is individual power based on a high level of identification with, admiration of, or respect for the powerholder.

Nationalism, Patriotism, Celebrities and well-respected people are examples of Referent Power in effect.

Referent power is one of the Five Bases of Social Power, as defined by Bertram Raven and his colleagues1 in 1959.

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  1. 1French, J., & Raven, B. The bases of social power. Studies in social power (1959).
  2. Taylor, Peplau, & Sears (2006). Social Psychology (12th ed.). Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, Inc. ISBN 0-13-193281-0


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