Reward power is:

• A. Power that is derived from someone else's desire to relate to and emulate another.
• B. The use of the ability to withhold praise for work completed or to deny a raise.
• C. Power that is required by the organization
• D. The ability to provide a job assignment or an award

Answer: (D)

Reward power comes from the ability to grant rewards that others value. When you can offer a desirable job assignment or an award, you influence others’ behavior because they want those rewards. This is a core way people are motivated in organizations, relying on the recipient’s perception that the reward is valuable and attainable and that it will be given fairly. The idea of emulating someone describes referent power, the act of influencing through admiration; withholding praise or a raise fits coercive power, which relies on punishment or negative consequences; and power that the organization requires reflects legitimate (positional) power. So providing a job assignment or an award is a clear example of reward power.