Power and crime of obedience in education department-an empirical study of pakistan

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of power on follower‘s willingness to commit a ―crime of obedience‖ by complying with a leader‘s unethical request in organizations of Pakistan. Both variables were considerable importance in the literature of Management. Research framework consists of five hypotheses. Data was collected with a survey from 150 employees of Education Department of Pakistan. Multiple Regression analyses were conducted to investigate the proposed model. The results indicate that power is an important component in obedience to authority. Findings suggest that all five FrenchRaven bases of power are positively related with an intention to commit a crime of obedience. Results are discussed in relation to research on obedience to authority. When power is used by authority, individuals may obey in ways which are destructive and against their personal, moral values. The study has the wide scope for its implementation. On the basis of research findings, the government can modify their policies to get rid of the crime of obedience in the educational sector of Pakistan. Keywords: Crime of obedience, Coercive power, Expert power, Reward power, Referent power