Title

Social Exchange Theory: An Interdisciplinary Review

Keywords

Reciprocity; Social exchange theory; Workplace relationships

Abstract

Social exchange theory (SET) is one the most influential conceptual paradigms in organizational behavior. Despite its usefulness, theoretical ambiguities within SET remain. As a consequence, tests of the model, as well as its applications, tend to rely on an incompletely specified set of ideas. The authors address conceptual difficulties and highlight areas in need of additional research. In so doing, they pay special attention to four issues: (a) the roots of the conceptual ambiguities, (b) norms and rules of exchange, (c) nature of the resources being exchanged, and (d) social exchange relationships. © 2005 Southern Management Association. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

12-1-2005

Publication Title

Journal of Management

Volume

31

Issue

6

Number of Pages

874-900

Document Type

Review

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206305279602

Socpus ID

28144453764 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/28144453764

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