The roles of departmental and position power in job evaluation

Applying macro-level research on power and resource allocation to job evalu ation in a university setting, we tested whether job evaluation outcomes we re affected by departmental power. We found that departmental power had a p ositive effect on the number of a department's new positions and position u pgrades that were authorized at the requested pay grade levels. Additionall y, we considered power at the individual level of analysis and found that t he effects of departmental power on new positions and position upgrades wer e greater when the position power of resource recipients was high.