The study of influence tactics can be viewed as a bridge linking the power-influence approach and the behavior approach.

The study of influence tactics indeed serves as a bridge between the power-influence approach, which focuses on how individuals use power to influence others, and the behavior approach, which examines the behaviors leaders use to affect team or organizational outcomes. Influence tactics are the specific behaviors and strategies leaders and individuals use to exert their power and influence over others, thus connecting the conceptual focus of both approaches.