Author : Linda D. Molm
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997-01-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521562902
Coercive Power in Social Exchange by Linda D. Molm Pdf
This book describes the progression and results of a decade-long experiment on power in social exchange relations. Exchange theorists have traditionally excluded punishment and coercion from their analyses; but Molm examines whether exchange theory can be expanded to include reward and coercive power. She develops and tests a theory that emphasizes the interdependence of reward and coercive power, finding that they are fundamentally different, not only in their effects on behavior, but also in the incentive and the risks of power use.