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Synonyms

Exchange relations; Power-dependence; Reciprocity; Social exchange

Glossary

Exchange relationship :

Social relationship between two or more actors in which a surplus is produced and divided through exchange

Reciprocal exchange :

Exchange without explicit negotiation about the terms of agreement

Negotiated exchange :

Exchange with explicit negotiation about the terms of agreement

Productive exchange :

Exchange in which all actors involved must contribute for any to benefit

Direct exchange :

Direct reciprocation between two actors

Indirect exchange :

Indirect reciprocation in a group of actors (e.g., A gives to B, who gives to C, who gives to A)

Power :

Capability of one actor to overcome resistance on the part of another actor/payoff differential between actors resulting from exchange

Definition

Social exchange relationships can occur whenever two or more actors depend on each other for valuable outcomes. In empirical (mainly experimental) network exchange research, these...

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  1. Department of Sociology, Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Jacob Dijkstra

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  1. Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Reda Alhajj

  2. University of Calgary Computer Science, Calgary, Canada

    Jon Rokne

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    Przemysław Kazienko

  2. Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland

    Jaroslaw Jankowski

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Dijkstra, J. (2016). Exchange Networks. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7163-9_232-1

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