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Showing 1 to 20 of 148 for “"exchange theory"”.
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Network Exchange Theory: Exploring the Combination of Inclusion and Ordering
<p>Network Exchange Theory (NET) predicts outcomes in exchange structures and has been successfully tested in experiments. One function of Network Exchange Theory is to explore various connection types between positions within structures. The two types relevant to this paper are inclusion and …
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Customer resistance to chatbots in financial services: a social exchange theory perspective
… for firms. This study leaned on social exchange theory by examining customers' perceived benefits and perceived costs of chatbots and how these can be mitigated or exploited to overcome customer resistance to chatbots in the financial services industry. This study had two primary …
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An analysis of the factors that motivate undergraduate alumni donors at University of the Pacific based on social exchange theory
… to their alma mater and to examine if social exchange theory can be applied to the giving behaviors of these alumni. The research questions that were addressed were 1) to what extent were Pacific alumni satisfied with their University of the Pacific experiences as a student and as alumni, 2) …
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Exchange Theory as a Predictor of Health Administrators' Perceptions of Organizational Propensity Toward Involvement in a Hypothetical Coordinated Health Effort
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Single Fathers And Social Support
… the results with the concepts of social exchange theory, we can better understand why some types of support are used and why others are not. Social exchange theory states that individuals will seek interactions with low costs and high rewards. I view decisions about the use of social …
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HR practices, commitment, job performance and early retirement among older employees with an on average low occupational status
… Using the principles underlying social exchange theory, it was expected that perceived quality of HR practices would have a positive relationship with job performance and affective organizational commitment and a negative relationship with a preference for early retirement. Perceived …
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Middle Managers’ Emotional Perceptions of Customer-Centric Strategies, Policies, and Goals
… change through the theoretical lens of social exchange theory (SET). The focus of this study was employees who constantly weighed the perceived organizational benefits or punishments in response to their behavior. SET theorists have long viewed actors in social exchanges (i.e., employees) as …
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SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF SPORT PARTICIPATION PROGRAMS ON EMPLOYEES’ PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL CHANGES IN THE WORKPLACE
Drawing on social exchange theory and the notion of behavioral spillover, this dissertation provides empirical evidence that organizational support for employees’ participation in organized sport participation programs can engender employees’ psychological and behavioral changes in the workplace. …
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Outsourcing to trusts: a social exchange analysis of the employee experience
… relationship. The research draws on social exchange theory as way of conceptualising the employment relationship and henceforth explores changes to it during the process of outsourcing. The research is primarily based on three longitudinal case studies (leisure services outsourced to Leisure …
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Coaching as a social exchange : examining the role of coaching in talent management
… management practice through the lens of social exchange theory and the psychological contract. Overall, the findings indicate that talent coaching comprises a distinct practice blending a range of existing helping interventions used in organisations. By applying a social exchange theory lens, …
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Testing Gouldner's coming crisis theory: on the state of contemporary sociological theory
… of the leading figures of four competing theory groups, namely Talcott Parsons (functionalism), George Homans (exchange theory), Erving Goffman (the dramaturgical wing of symbolic interactionism), and Harold Garfinkel (ethnomethodology). The findings provide illuminations of both the past …
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Performance Implications of Multi -Partner Channel Relationships
… arguments from transaction cost analysis, agency theory, and social exchange theory, the dissertation examined a model of relationship strength as a function of dependence and relationship fairness perception, developed a classification schema for multi-partner relationships, and tested …
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Marijuana Users in Their Own Words: Explaining the Continuation and Cessation of Habitual Marijuana Use
… as frequency of use are explored using Homans' exchange theory and Lyman and Scott’s theory of accounts. Reasons for continuation, regulation, and cessation of use are also studied. It is found that the participants use marijuana for a varied amount of reasons; these reasons directly influence …
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Adolescent dating violence
… framework based on the resource aspect of exchange theory is used to frame the study. Factor analysis was used to identify coping strategies and negotiation styles. Discriminate analysis was used to determine the discriminating power of the independent variables. Findings indicate that the …
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Unlearning the narrative: integrating relationship science and machine learning to identify the determinants of African American adults' romantic relationship satisfaction
… theories, including the VSA model, attachment theory, social exchange theory, social exchange theory, marital paradigm theory, interpersonal process models of intimacy, and ecological perspectives of romantic relationship quality and adjustment. Findings from this dissertation broaden …
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Social and Cultural Influences on Nontraditional Students' Decision to Seek Higher Education
… United States. The six propositions of social exchange theory developed by George Homans were used to guide the research. A questionnaire was distributed to the entire population of full-time nontraditional undergraduate students at a comprehensive university in the Southeast. A total of 430 …
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Garfield County resident perceptions of the indirect effects of the 2002 Winter Olympics
… impact on Garfield County, Utah. Using social exchange theory, the study sought to better understand public sentiment regarding the upcoming mega-event. Certain resident values were examined in relation to tourism; The results show that some residents perceive that the Olympics will bring …
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Becoming a Sister: The Socialization of Women into a Sorority
… synthesis of symbolic interactionism and social exchange theory helps to break down the socialization process and shows how the new members move through the stages of sorority membership. By the time this research ended at the sorority formal, the new members were fully incorporated into the …
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Perceptions of Commitment
… related to levels of commitment, social exchange theory, expectations, and communication were collected. T-test analysis revealed no differences in level of commitment for any of the variables investigated. Data revealed the majority of participants were unaware of OMI and had never …
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Leader-member exchange in education : the effects of principal and teacher dyadic relationship quality
… career. This research utilized Leader-Member Exchange Theory (LMX) as a lens to investigate if the existence of high or low LMX relationships between principal and teacher had an impact on the teacher's sense of relational trust with the principal and colleagues, self-efficacy, creativity, …
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