Abstract—Power can be envisaged as an individual potential
to change, control or influence the behavior, attitudes, opinions,
objectives, needs, and values of another party. The purpose of
this study is to adapt and analyze the validity and reliability of
Interpersonal Power, of a Malaysia version IPI(M)) as well as
examine and develop the psychometric properties of the IPI(M)
construct which integrates 5 subscales–reward, coercive, expert,
referent and legitimate powers. A questionnaire survey was
administered to 388 executives working directly under Human
Resource Managers in the state-owned organization known as
Government Link Companies (GLCs). Prior to that, an
exploratory factor analysis (EFA) for pilot study was conducted
on 44 items of IPI scale to explore the structure underlying the
set of questions designed samples. EFA results confirmed the
measurement scale in this study satisfactorily showed a
five-factor structure: Reward, Coercive, Legitimate, Expert,
and Referent with 25 items remained. Then a confirmatory
factor analysis (CFA) was initially conducted on the 25 items of
IPI(M) scale to access the quality of the factor structure by
statistically testing the significance of the overall model of to
access the goodness-of-fit of the new measure construct. The
CFA results confirmed that the measurement scale used in this
study satisfactorily met the standards of validity and reliability
analysis and showed acceptable internal consistency reliability
for the overall and the five specific subscales of power factor.
The IPI(M) construct provides a multi-dimensional assessment
tool to diagnose and guide leader social power in the Malaysian
organizational context.
Index Terms—Coercive power, expert power, interpersonal
power inventory, leader power, legitimate power, referent
power, reward power.
The authors are with the Faculty of Business Management, Universiti
Teknologi MARA, Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia (e-mail:
rozilah@puncakalam.uitm.edu.my, drnarehan@salam.uitm.edu.my,
shereen@puncakalam.uitm.edu.my, rohana@puncakalam.uitm.edu.my,
sharrifah@puncakalam.uitm.edu.my).
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Cite: Abdul Aziz Rozilah, Hassan Narehan, Shereen Noranee, Mat Som Rohana, and Sharrifah Ali, " The Dimensions of Interpersonal Power Inventory: A
Validation Study in a Malaysian Organizational Context," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 338-342, 2015.