Your colleagues at work are constantly talking about the vice-president in your region. He is perceived throughout the organization as a ruthless man who is not to be antagonized. It is necessary for you to bring him a report, and you are very nervous about having to deal with him. The vice president's major base of power seems to be .

coercive

Explanation:

Coercive -

It refers to the method of using force and threats to make the party act in an involuntary manner , is referred to as coercive .

The method uses various method of torture like , extortion , threats , physical assaults , blackmail etc.

It is a unaccepted method to make person do a particular task .

Hence , from the given scenario of the question ,

The correct answer is coercive .