Citing the above styles of power managers yielded in my former workplaces, I worked under many managers who yielded coercive power:

1. Call center manager who put me in a 2-week disciplinary plan as punishment for going to human resources to complain that he showed favoritism to my colleague who was promoted to an enrollment director position for an online university b/c he liked her, despite her lack of experience since he didn't like me as a person.

2. School principal who fired me after I reported being assaulted by a middle school student during the specialist class I was teaching.

3. School president who fired me because I complained about the middle school boys punching holes in the school walls near the specialist classroom I taught in fr a long-term sub assignment, and they also sent me inappropriate email messages where they told me to "go f---- yourself Ms. Blanche."

4. Radio station program director fired me because I reported to human resources that I was sexually harassed by the guy who board trained me for the weekend engineer shift, who was hired by the program director himself.

5. Vice president of a company fired me after I told him that I would not participate in the office "Margarita Mondays" or "Whiskey Fridays" which required me to mix alcoholic drinks for him and his fellow v.p.'s ( I only did this once, the first time I was asked, b/c I didn't want to lose my job, but...he still fired me when I wouldn't do it again for him and his Mad Men cronies).

Ideally, I want to work for a manager who yields referent and reward power.