Machiavellianation Scale: According To The Power Orientation Scale

A32- According to the power orientation scale, this assessment is designed to find out your Machiavellianism score. Machiavelli wrote how to gain and manipulate power. If an individual has a high score, they usually maintain emotional distance. Generally the average is 25. My score is a 22, which seems pretty high. Unfortunately this test doesn’t really give a clear representation of what score is high or low. My score can be low and I wouldn’t even know, since it is not identified. Assuming my score is high I usually maintain high emotional distance.

A33-The playing politics scale, defines political skill as an “interpersonal style constructs that combines social perceptiveness or astuteness with the capacity to adjust one’s behavior”. This

Normally a high score of 4 or greater means that you prefer to influence others by using the particular form of power. If an individual has a low score of 2 that means that you prefer not to employ power base. Based on the assessment, legitimate and Expert tied at 5 for my highest. I believe this score is accurate for both because having a formal position and possessing knowledge or skill are two key elements that are very important to me. My other two scores of rewards and referent are tied together at 4.75. I agree with these scores because it is very important that others identify with me in order to understand them better. As far as rewards, the ability to distribute valuable rewards is important to me in order to get people on my side. I strongly agree with my coercive score being at, because I do not entertain fear. It is very hard for me to be fearful for many

This assessment has 8 dimensions and these have to do with the different types of influence. My highest scores tied in at 13 for silent authority, coalition formation, and information control. I agree with my high score of 13 for silent authority because, I notice that people comply with my request due to my expert power. I also agree with my high score of 13 for coalition because within my organization, we all band together to influence others. I agree with my last high score of 13 for information control because it involves manipulating access to information for the purpose of changing their attitudes or behavior, and this is something I do all the time. My next high score falls at 12 for persuasion. Persuasion is something I am very good at, and I am not sure why it did not fall under my highest. My next score is upward appeal which falls at 9. This score indicates that you rely on higher people on the organizational hierarchy. I can see why my score is a lot lower for this because I tend to rely on myself. The next dimension was assertiveness which falls at 8, I agree on this score because I do not have time to force powers on someone to influence them. My next score is exchange, this score is low and I agree because I am not going to exchange anything just to influence someone. My last low score was a 5