Answer to Question #193291 in Management for lethabo

Question

Which one of the following is a distinct characteristic of formal authority?  

 

1 Formal authority is vested in people, not organisational positions.

2 Formal authority is accepted by subordinates.

3 Formal authority flows up the vertical hierarchy of an organisation.

4 Formal authority is only present in centralised structures. 

Answer 1

2 Formal authority is accepted by subordinates.