What is it about?
Stolte's monograph describes and illustrates the nature of "general process theories" in the social sciences. It examines Emerson's theory in depth as one example of such a theory. It also examines a specific research program reported by Stolte, which began with an experiment reported by Stolte and Emerson (1977). Past studies in this line of work have focused on social norm formation, self-efficacy, agency vs. communion, and social situational value framing. This monograph also reports new, not previously published, studies using various research methods. These methods include ethnography, lab and vignette experimental designs, and psycholinguistics. The new studies focus on cultural cognition, social desirability bias, whether or not communion has "primacy" over agency, and implicit self-appraisal variation between women and men.
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Why is it important?
The monograph summarized in this chapter contributes to the large, variegated body of research on "social exchange theory. " It offers a distinct, systematic perspective integrating elements drawn from both objective behavioral and symbolic interactionist points of view.
Perspectives
The monogrqph summarized in this chapter expands Emerson's original operant behavioral theory of distributive social exchange networks and productive social exchange groups in exciting new substantive and methodological directions.
Professor Emeritus John F. Stolte
University of Texas MD Anderson (2016-2022)
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This page is a summary of: Summary, Future Research Directions, and Conclusion, November 2024, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004713918_008.
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