The nuclear shape studies are done for different quasiproton bands in 179 Re nucleus through lifetime measurement using recoil distance Doppler shift technique. The deformation driving property of the low K, h 9/2 ͓541͔1/2 − intruder band and the stretching property of the high K, d 5/2 ͓402͔5/2 + and h 11/2 ͓514͔9/2 − bands are discussed. The average quadrupole moment obtained from these measurements for the h 9/2 configuration ͑Q t ϳ 6.5 e b͒ is found to be about 16% higher than the average quadrupole moment ͑Q t ϳ 5.6 e b͒ for the d 5/2 and the h 11/2 configurations. The higher value of quadrupole moment for the low K =1/2, h 9/2 band as compared to the high K =9/2, h 11/2 , and K =5/2, d 5/2 bands indicates its deformation driving property. The cranked Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov and the microscopic Hartree-Fock calculations are done for these bands and are compared with the experimental observations.