LEADER POWER, COMMITMENT, SATISFACTION, COMPLIANCE, AND PROPENSITY TOLEAVE A JOB AMONG UNITED-STATES ACCOUNTANTS

The relationships of the bases of leader power (coercive, reward, legi timate, expert, and referent) to subordinates' organizational commitme nt, satisfaction with work, and attitudinal and behavioral compliance, and the relationships of the four latter variables to propensity to l eave a job were investigated. Hierarchical regression analyses of data from a national random sample of 308 American accountants indicated t hat expert and referent power bases were positively correlated with co mmitment, but referent power base was positively correlated with satis faction with work. Expert and referent power bases were positively cor related with attitudinal compliance, whereas legitimate and referent p ower bases were positively correlated with behavioral compliance. Comm itment and satisfaction, in turn, were positively correlated with prop ensity to leave a job.