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compliance theory  

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  • Compliance theory provides a vehicle for the examination of the relationship between those who hold power and those who are subject to that power in various organizations. In other words, the power used by superiors to control subordinates and the reaction of the subordinates to that power compose the compliance relationship. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration; Compliance Theory]

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