Social Exchange Theory: An Interdisciplinary Review
梳理社会交换理论的概念模糊之处,聚焦交换规范、资源性质及交换关系四个议题,为组织行为研究者提供理论澄清与未来方向。
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.