Benue State University, Makurdi

POWER-BASE AS A PREDICTOR OF INGRATIATORY BEHAVIOUR AMONGST UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS' STAFF IN OYO STATE

Aderibigbe John Kolawole, Abu Salawu Hassan & Bibire Abdulkareem Oluwasanmi
(Department of Pure & Applied Psychology, AdekunleAjasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria)

Abstract

The study examined power-base as a predictor of ingratiatory behavior of University Teaching Hospitals' Staff. Survey research design was adopted while purposive and convenient sampling techniques were used in sampling 210 male and female participants for the study. Result of the multiple regression analysis shows that, there is a significant prediction of ingratiatory behaviour by power 2 base (R = .713, F (5,204) = 2.813, p<.05). Moreover, expert power (â = .214; t=3.116, p<.01), reward power (â = .213, t=3.075, p<.05), referent power (â = .328, t=3.454, p<.05) and coercive power (â = .270, t=2.504, p<.05) independently predicted ingratiatory behaviour, but legitimate power did not. This study concludes that power base is a significant predictor of ingratiatory behavior. Hence, it is recommended that hospital management boards should pay adequate attention to the salient psychological factor of power-base and ensure that employees are well trained on relevant social relation skills.

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