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Founder
I believe Homans was the founder of Social Exchange Theory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EmilyFuerst (talk • contribs) 16:29, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Emily! Thank you for adding that to the article.  Lova Falk     talk   18:34, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Name
This was moved to capitalized name (Social Exchange Theory). My literature review suggests that this is not common, the theory is not capitalized; i.e. it should be under social exchange theory. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 02:57, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

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Dr. Ono has reviewed this Wikipedia page, and provided us with the following comments to improve its quality:

"[Comment] This article is in reasonable shape, and is among the better articles that I reviewed.

[Suggestions] Opening paragraph: 1.	Ok for the most part, except for one correction. Remove “economics” from the following sentence.

Before: The theory has roots in economics, psychology and sociology. After: The theory has roots in sociology and psychology.

Social exchange theory evolved from sociology. This is clearly explained in the first paragraph of the article under “History”: The theory is firmly grounded in sociology and introduced by sociologist George Homans in 1958. Indeed, “social exchange” was developed as the sociologists’ contribution to counter the dominant paradigm in economics which was “economic exchange.” Economic exchange is the economist’s view of markets where transactions are dictated primarily by prices and quantity, and take place between anonymous actors. Under economic exchange, social relations are viewed only as “noise” that can be disregarded from the transactions. It is therefore incorrect to state that social exchange theory has roots in economics.

2.	Under “Applications,” “Anthropology” add work by anthropologist Clifford Geertz.

Geertz applies social exchange theory in studying transactions in the peasant economy [1]. He observed that market transactions in the peasant economy do not operate according to pure market forces as proposed by economists. Sellers and buyers frequently come together based on previous social relationships, and not necessarily on the basis of prices and quantity.

[1] Geertz, Clifford. 1978. “The Bazaar Economy: Information and Search in Peasant Marketing.” American Economic Review 68:28-32.

3.	Under “Applications,” the entry “interracial marriage” seems inappropriate and should be dropped.

The link between interracial marriage and social exchange seems very weak, or non-existent. The example listed here about marriage between blacks and whites does not do a good job of substantiating this link.

4.	Under “Applications,” add the topic “employment relations”

Social exchange is a useful framework to explain long-term employment.[2] The relationship between employers and workers is based more on social relations rather than on economic (or monetary) incentives.[3]  There is an implicit understanding that employers will not dismiss workers even in terms of duress and that workers will commit themselves to the workplace and not seek outside options. For example, social exchange has been applied to analyze lifetime employment in Japan. [4][5]

[2] Ben-Porath, Yoram. 1980. “The F-Connection: Families, Friends, and Firms and the Organization of Exchange.” Population and Development Review 6: 1-30. [3] Baron, James N. 1988. “The Employment Relation as a Social Relation.” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 2: 492-525. [4] Murakami, Yasusuke, and Thomas P. Rohlen. 1992. “Social-Exchange Aspects of the Japanese Political Economy: Culture, Efficiency, and Change.” Pp. 63-105. In The Political Economy of Japan, Volume 3: Cultural and Social Dynamics. Edited by Shumpei Kumon and Henry Rosovsky. Stanford: Stanford University Press. [5] Ono, Hiroshi. 2007. “Careers in Foreign-Owned Firms in Japan.” American Sociological Review 72: 267-90."

We hope Wikipedians on this talk page can take advantage of these comments and improve the quality of the article accordingly.

We believe Dr. Ono has expertise on the topic of this article, since he has published relevant scholarly research:


 * Reference : Ono, Hiroshi, 2002. "Japanese Labor Market Reform. Why Is It So Difficult?," EIJS Working Paper Series 146, The European Institute of Japanese Studies.

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Ideas for editing
The section entitled interracial marriage could use some more information about other types of interracial marriage. As well as information to back up claims that were already made. The section needs more sources to show how it applies to the social exchange theory.

Seymone B.


 * Richard Marc Emerson was born 1926 according to http://sk.sagepub.com/reference/socialtheory/n92.xml Bethannecamp74 (talk) 23:36, 1 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Under History section, the pronoun "he" is confusing as the previous sentence lists multiple contributors to Social exchange theory. I had to click on the citation to determine who "he" indicated. "He defined social exchange as the exchange of activity, tangible or intangible, and more or less rewarding or costing between at least two persons." I suggest replacing "he" with "Homans". Bethannecamp74 (talk) 01:17, 2 September 2019 (UTC)


 * The section on Aging seems more suited to fall under the category of Modes of Exchange rather than a stand alone topic. Has this section been considered for organization under this topic? Bethannecamp74 (talk) 01:17, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

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