Risk and Trust in Social Exchange: An Experimental Test of a Classical Proposition

By Linda D. Molm, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Gretchen N. Peterson. American Journal of Sociology, 2000

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Subfields: Safety Research, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Obfuscatory Relational Work and Disreputable Exchange (2014, background): “12 For gift exchange to be accomplished, interpersonal trust or socialization must be present—successful use of gift exchange can thus build trust (Molm, Takahashi, and Peterson 2000).”
Powerlessness and the Amplification of Threat: Neighborhood Disadvantage, Disorder, and Mistrust (2001, background): “Because trusting individuals can form effective associations with others, the presumption of trust can be an advantageous strategy, despite the risk (Molm et al. 2000; Orbell and Dawes 1991; Sullivan and Transue 1999).”
Chutes Versus Ladders: Anchoring Events and a Punctuated-Equilibrium Perspective on Social Exchange Relationships (2010, background): “Positive social exchanges, which are likely to occur when the balance is neutral or positive, generate positive affect (Lawler & Yoon, 1993, 1996, 1998; Molm et al., 2000), which leads individuals to be more likely to overlook details and to engage in less immediate accounting of exchange returns (F”
Social and economic exchange in the employee‐organization relationship: the moderating role of reciprocation wariness (2009, methodology): “Based on social exchange theory, Molm et al. (2000, p. 396)”
Impact of Trust on Local Residents’ Mega-Event Perceptions and Their Support (2017, background): “Behaviors signaling a partner’s trustworthiness have greater impact on trust in reciprocal exchange (Molm, Takahashi, and Peterson 2000).”
Untangling the Networking Phenomenon (2015, background): “If social exchange transactions are successful (i.e., one’s networking partner reciprocates), then networking partners perceive less risk and are more likely to view one another as trustworthy (Molm, 1994; Molm et al., 2000).”
Toward a More Comprehensive Use of Social Exchange Theory to Study Residents’ Attitudes to Tourism (2016, background): “Trust can be defined as “expectations that an exchange partner will behave benignly, based on the attribution of positive dispositions and intentions to the partner in a situation of uncertainly and risk” (Molm et al., 2000, p. 1402).”
Prosocial signaling and cooperation among Martu hunters (2015, background): “…of generalized reciprocity to social bonds has been demonstrated through experimental work which suggests that generalized sharing can build much stronger affective bonds of trust and commitment than contingent, negotiated exchange (Molm, Schaefer, & Collett, 2007b; Molm et al., 2000, 2007a).”