Much of social life involves interactions between individuals or corporate actors in dyads,
groups, organizations or networks that can be viewed as social exchanges. This chapter …

Exchange theory has been one of the major theoretical perspectives in the field of social
psychology since the early writings of Homans (1961), Blau (1964) and Emerson (1962 …

In this chapter I discuss social exchange as a theoretical framework or orientation. Within
that framework a number of specific theories coexist, several of which are covered in greater …

In generalized exchange, the rewards that an actor receives usually are not directly
contingent on the resources provided by that actor; therefore free riding can occur. The actor …

▪ Abstract We analyze and review how research on emotion and emotional phenomena can
elaborate and improve contemporary social exchange theory. After identifying six …

A recent program comparing negotiated and reciprocal forms of social exchange offers
important implications for theory development. Results of these investigations show that the …

This article develops a theory that explains how and when emotions, produced by social
exchange, generate stronger or weaker ties to relations, groups, or networks. It is argued …

Taking a more empirical approach to theory development, in this chapter, Marie Mitchell,
Russel Cropanzano, and David Quisenberry raise the question of what social exchange …

Here we propose an account of the link between exchange structure and the emergence of
solidarity capable of accounting for the conflicting evidence social scientists have found …

Emotions are likely to be produced when two or more people exchange valued outcomes
(ie, goods, rewards, payoffs). Emotions are internal events that occur within an actor and that …