"authoritative positions" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You could use it to refer to roles that require a certain level of power, influence, or expertise. For example, "The mayor holds an authoritative position in the city government."
Reliance on and resistance of those in authoritative positions was central to understanding the translation of trust and safety to the prison setting.
Authoritative positions of medical and administrative elites in society also hindered the public's critical appraisal of their arguments, as did the importance then attached to public health[ 113].
The research team comprised a mix of legitimate members of KNH and UoN, collaborators in the development of the CPGs and the ETAT+ course, persons in authoritative positions, an anthropologist and, a PO and facilitator with a medical background.
However, proximity and authoritative positions within the families favoured the opinions of the informal supporters and their continuous presence ensured the advice and instructions were most often followed by new parents.
We formed a core-group that comprised of 12 key decision makers; six nurse managers, four senior clinicians (two in authoritative positions), one medical records personnel and one of the researchers (GI).
A marriage alliance gave the Colas an authoritative position, but Vengi remained a bone of contention.
John's authoritative position in the church after the Resurrection is shown by his visit with Peter to Samaria to lay hands on the new converts there.
Ludwig Müller, supported by the Nazis, was elected Reichsbischof ("imperial bishop") and threatened the authoritative position of the Scriptures and the confessional writings of the Reformation by tolerating the Nazi doctrine of the racial superiority of so-called Aryans.
That authoritative position is communicated simply through the display of items used in the ritual dances of Indians in the Southwest, the Great Plains, the Northwest coast and the Eastern woodlands.
He might be perceived as little arrogant, but he's earned his authoritative position: he has held successive productive roles in the tech world for many years, seen it through the good times and bad and come out the other end a millionaire several times over.
For example, "It's kind of hard, because, your, like, wow these scientist people have a lot of proof (Krista)." Krista seemed to distance herself from the scientists by positioning them in an authoritative position of more worth than herself.
