What is motive power?

Answer 1

A motive power is how hard you try

The power motive is conceived as a desire to acquire

status and have an impact on others, thus affecting their

behavior and emotions (Winter, 1992). In the more general

meaning of the term, it is identified with a factor that is

fundamental to the conception of leadership, namely the

motivation to acquire and to exert social influence, so that

possessing a certain amount of power would appear to be

a necessary requirement to be an effective leader. The main

roles played by managers (convincing others, getting them

to commit themselves, motivating them, etc.) involve

exerting some sort of social influence, so a strong power

motive encourages and sustains social influence behavior

for members to participate and integrate within a common

undertaking

Answer 2

A power motive is a motive driven by the idea of obtaining power. This means that someone will do something just to get power.