The legitimacy may be derived from a number of sources. It may be from a higher level of the organization, it may be by law, it may emerge from the group. However, the recipients of influence see it as legitimate that the powerful person has a right to make decisions for them (Goldman and Fraas, 1965; Julian, Hollander, and Regula, 1969). Additionally, leaders with legitimate power get more support from the group when there are other group members with personal power (Spillane, 1983)