An Affect Theory of Social Exchange1

By E. Lawler. American Journal of Sociology, 2001

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Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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When Competence Is Irrelevant: The Role of Interpersonal Affect in Task-Related Ties (2008, background): “…and Saavedra, 2005) and theorizing on the effects of positively and negatively connected networks on the diffusion of emotions across dyadic exchange relationships (Lawler, 2001), sociologists and psychologists have demonstrated the relevance of emotions for the functioning of triads and groups.”
Building Trust in Economic Space (2006, background): “Scholars in these fields have long recognized the importance of performance, social setting, reflexivity, and symbolic communication for self-perceptions, individual and group identities, social exchange and practice, and the construction of social and economic systems (Cooley, 1902; Mead, 1934; Gof”
Resources and Relationships in Entrepreneurship: An Exchange Theory of the Development and Effects of the Entrepreneur-Investor Relationship (2017, background): “The exchange of valued social resources provides a reinforcing feedback loop for the affective dimension of the relationship, with each person attributing the positive feelings associated with receiving valued resources to their interaction partner (Collins, 1990; Lawler, 2001).”
The theory of relational cohesion: Review of a research program research program (2002, background): “Introduction This paper reviews a program of research on the development of relational cohesion in exchange relations (Lawler, 2001, 2002; Lawler & Thye, 1999; Lawler, Thye & Yoon, 2000; Lawler & Yoon, 1993, 1996, 1998).”
Enterprise Ritual: A Theory of Entrepreneurial Emotion and Exchange (2008, neutral): “Parenthetically, Lawler (2001) notes that when productive exchange fails, it produces a strong negative emotional effect, which may go some way to explaining the frequently short, turbulent and acrimonious histories of many entrepreneurial partnerships (Brinklin, 2001; Cringely, 1996 ).”
The Space Between Us: A Social-Functional Emotions View of Ambivalent and Indifferent Workplace Relationships (2017, background): “Future research could consider how the interplay of exchange and affect (Casciaro & Lobo, 2008; Cropanzano & Mitchell, 2005; Lawler, 2001) may provide a new and relevant conception of ambivalent and indifferent relationships.”
Affect and leader-member exchange in the new millennium: A state-of-art review and guiding framework (2017, background): “As its title implies, this theory explains how and why affect is produced within a social exchange relationship – involving a leader and a follower in the instance of this review (Lawler, 2001).”
The Value of Reciprocity (2007, background): “The act of reciprocity itself becomes a good, a “process benefit” (Offer 1997:451), that contributes to the formation of a relationship that can become a valued commodity in its own right (Lawler 2001).”
Decoupling task and relationship conflict: the role of intragroup emotional processing (2004, background): “As relationships comprise a group's social fabric, relational ties can reflect the quality of social exchanges within the group as well as emotional experiences associated with these exchanges (Lawler, 2001).”