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Coercive Power in Leadership: De nition &
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Instructor: Shawn Grimsley

Shawn has a masters of public administration, JD, and a BA in political science.

In this lesson, you will learn what coercive power is and some key concepts relating to it. You will
also have an opportunity to reinforce your knowledge with a short quiz that follows the lesson.

De nition of Coercive Power

Coercive power is the ability of a manager to force an employee to follow an order by
threatening the employee with punishment if the employee does not comply with the order.

The most important concept to understand about coercive power is that it uses the application
of force. It seeks to force or compel behavior rather than to in uence behavior through
persuasion. Examples of coercive power include threats of write-ups, demotions, pay cuts,
layo s, and terminations if employees don't follow orders. In order to be e ective, the manager
must be able to follow through on the threat. If failure to comply doesn't result in punishment,
threat of punishment becomes meaningless and even counterproductive because employees
may cease to respect the legitimacy of the manager's authority.

Disadvantages
While coercive power may be e ective in the short-term, it can create serious problems for
organizational e ectiveness in the long run. Coercion tends to lower job satisfaction, which
shouldn't be too much of a surprise - who likes being intimidated on a daily basis? If you are not
satis ed with your job, you will bail as soon as possible for a better one. Constant turnover is
costly, and it also hurts productivity, e ciency, and e ectiveness. Additionally, some theorists
argue that coercive leadership also stymies creativity and innovation because you're not much
interested in taking risks and being creative if you live in an environment of fear and insecurity.

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