Hogan company a new employee in the finance department of the hogan company prominently displays diplomas and past awards indicating his financial expertise. what contingency of power is this person trying to increase?
Visibility is the type of contingency of power that the person is trying to increase.
Explanation:
There are 4 main contingency power. They are
Substitutability, centrality, discretion, and visibility
Visibility:
Letting others to know about one's hidden power
They take difficult or unique task which will exhibit the visibility or ability of the self
This is "over-used" then it might break even the career of the person
Mostly, this kind of person directly takes task from the senior most reporting person. He / she shows his / her visibility and get direct task which would increase the visibility