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Answer: C - Referent power is when a leader has the support of their followers because they have charisma or well-developed interpersonal skills. It was identified in an enduring study by sociologists John R.P. French and Bertram Raven, who identified it as one of six types of power. The others are positional power (when a person has legitimate power due to their role in an organization), expert power (based on a field of expertise), reward power (when a person achieves and fortifies power through the ability to reward followers), coercive power (which is acquired and maintained through negative means), and informational power (when access to information or ability to put information to use empowers someone).