Structural Implications of Reciprocal Exchange: A Power-Dependence Approach

Autor/inn/en	Bonacich, Phillip; Bienenstock, Elisa Jayne
Titel	Structural Implications of Reciprocal Exchange: A Power-Dependence Approach
Quelle	In: Social Psychology Quarterly, 72 (2009) 3, S.226-240 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0190-2725
DOI	10.1177/019027250907200306
Schlagwörter	Interpersonal Communication; Power Structure; Prediction; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Psychology; Social Attitudes; Probability; Matrices; Mathematical Models; Computer Simulation; College Students; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonale Kommunikation; Vorhersage; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Sozialpsychologie; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Matrizenrechnung; Mathematical model; Mathematisches Modell; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Collegestudent; Kalifornien
Abstract	This paper presents and tests a general model to predict emergent exchange patterns and power differences in reciprocal exchange networks when individual actors follow the norm of reciprocity. With an interesting qualification, the experimental results reported here support the power-dependence approach (Emerson 1972a, b): those who acquire the most resources are connected to others who are dependent on them for rewards. Although, as Molm has abundantly demonstrated (1999, 2000, 2001, 2007), the quality of the relationship in negotiated and reciprocal exchange networks is quite different, and the details of a general model of network exchange might well differ for negotiated and reciprocal exchange, experimental results presented here indicate that power in networks, no matter how complex, is linked to dependence regardless of whether actors are motivated by rational choice or a norm of reciprocity. (Contains 5 figures, 3 tables and 11 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10