Question

The top management of a company determined that their end-of-year bonuses would not be given due to low sales. Suzanne, a department manager, informed her staff that even high-performing employees should not expect a bonus. Suzanne's _____ power was limited by the decision of the top management.

Answer 1

Answer: Reward power



Explanation:

  The reward power is one of the type of approach which is specifically used by the manager of an organization for the purpose of motivating and influence their employees towards their work.

The main objective of reward power is to give some type of appreciation to the best performance employee from each department in the company for their hard work and dedication.    

 According to the given question, the Suzanne is a department manager of an organization and she informed her team that the good performing employees should not expecting any type of bonus from the company.

Therefore, Suzanne's reward power was limited sue to the top management decision.