5 th International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Management 1 Compendium of Papers | ISBN 978-93-85640-92-6 A STUDY ON IMPACT OF POWER ON EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION: A CASE OF RIPPLE FRAGRANCE PVT LTD, MYSURU Dr.P S V Balaji Rao Professor & HOD Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering , Gokulam 3 rd Stage, Mysore – 570002 Email: hodmba@vvce.ac.in Girish K Assistant Professor Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering , Gokulam 3 rd Stage, Mysore – 570002 Email: Girish.K@vvce.ac.in ABSTRACT Throughout the history humans have fought for obtaining status and power and it has been thought as the basic fundamental for us. To have Power means to have the control on the resources, to have ability to influence on others behavior and to show that they can have their own decisions. From long time in organization and management it has been thought that Power is the key mechanism for influencing the organizational outcomes and also the decision making process. In this descriptive research an estimated sample size of 100 shop floor employees will be drawn. Mainly using the primary data, which will be collected using the structured questionnaire, the study will consider investigations of variables like power and employee satisfaction, which will have significant impact on cordial relationships among the employees. By gathering the data and by conducting research the impact of power on the employee satisfaction can be determined, by this there can be the assortment of the solution to overcome the