Social Exchange Theory: A Critical Review with Theoretical Remedies

By Russell S. Cropanzano, Erica L. Anthony, S. R. Daniels, Alison V Hall. 2017

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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How Does Leader’s Support for Environment Promote Organizational Citizenship Behaviour for Environment? A Multi-Theory Perspective (2018, background): “Social exchange theory has been used in diverse organizational research areas including: organizational citizenship behaviour, commitment, justice, supervisory support, and organizational support [48].”
Examining Structural Relationships between Work Engagement, Organizational Procedural Justice, Knowledge Sharing, and Innovative Work Behavior for Sustainable Organizations (2017, methodology): “, reciprocity as interdependent exchanges) for which some future repayment or return is expected for the positive contribution made [21,32,33].”
Neoliberal ideology in work and organizational psychology (2018, background): “Moreover, this can also be seen in the use of theories within WOP, as social exchange theory remains one of the most popular theoretical frameworks to understand phenomena at work (Cropanzano et al., 2017).”
Trust in organization as a moderator of the relationship between self‐efficacy and workplace outcomes: A social cognitive theory‐based examination (2018, background): “states onoutcomes by settingup the expectations about how theorganizationwill react to one’s efforts (Brown et al., 2014; Cropanzano et al., 2017).”
Psychosocial work environment, work engagement, and employee commitment: A moderated, mediation model (2020, background): “With its theoretical underpinning in SET, POS refers to employees’ beliefs “concerning the extent to which the organization values their contributions and cares about their wellbeing” (Eisenberger et al., 1986, p. 501).”
Be smart, play dumb? A transactional perspective on day-specific knowledge hiding, interpersonal conflict, and psychological strain (2021, background): “Social exchange theories posit that an initiating action of negative hedonic value, such as conflict, will be reciprocated by the target with a negative response (Cropanzano et al., 2017).”