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This book complements and deepens Uriel G. Foa's and Edna B. Foa's 1974 presentations of resource theory of social exchange by expanding on the original roots and subsequent refinements and developments of Social Resource Theory (SRT). With its contemporary overview of the theoretical extensions of social resource theory and related empirical research,
Social Behavior as Resource Exchange offers far-reaching societal implications for most behavioral and social science disciplines.
List of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Ali Kazemi and Kjell Yngve Törnblom
- PART I. ABRIDGEMENT OF URIEL G. FOA AND EDNA B. FOA (1974) SOCIETAL STRUCTURES OF THE MIND
- Précis of the Chapters Included
- 1: Introduction: Man's Structuring of His Social World
- 2: The Development of Basic Social Concepts
- 3: From Developmental Sequence to Adult Structure
- 4: Prelude to Resource Exchange
- 5: Some Areas of Socio- Psychological Research in the Light of the Resource Exchange Paradigm
- 6: Epilogue: Man and His Society
- Appendixes A- E
- References
- PART II. NEW THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL DEVELOPMENTS
- Précis
- 7: Recent Theoretical Advances in Social Resource Theory
- 8: Resource Theory and Levels of Explanation: From Universal Structure to the Construal of Interpersonal Behavior
- 9: Resources and Social Justice in Meso- and Macro- Level Environmental Conflict
- 10: Extending Social Resource Exchange to Events of Abundance and Sufficiency
- 11: When Your Heart Goes Bumpity Bump: Neurological Characteristics of Love
- 12: Evaluating Foa and Foa's Social Resource Theory: A Data- Analytic Perspective
- PART III. HISTORICAL NOTES
- How and Why This Volume Came Into Existence
- What Is Included and Omitted from the Original Foa and Foa Monograph?
- Index
About the author
Kjell Törnblom has taught at universities in Sweden, the United States, and Canada and is currently affiliated to the Transdisciplinarity Lab at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. He has published research on social justice, resource theory, conflict, intergroup relations, theory integration, and co-edited three books including the
Handbook of Social Resource Theory and Resource Theory, as well as six special issues of
Social Justice Research. Kjell was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of Missouri. He is currently co-editor-in-chief (with Ali Kazemi) for
Social Justice Research since 2010 and a member of the International Society for
Justice Research Executive Board.Ali Kazemi is Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at University West, Sweden, where he also serves as the director of the research center for positive organizational studies. He has published more than hundred articles, book chapters, technical reports, and books in various branches of psychology. He has edited several volumes in English and Swedish and is the co-author of
Management in Retailing, nominated as the best HR book of 2013 in Sweden. He serves as ad hoc reviewer for several academic journals and is since 2011 the Co-Editor-in-Chief for
Social Justice Research.
Summary
This book takes the reader on an exciting journey presenting the development of resource theory of social exchange originated from Uriel G. Foa and Edna B. Foa. This groundbreaking theory has inspired and generated a tremendous amount of basic and applied research in various disciplines of psychology, sociology, management, economics, marketing, and political science. This book, edited by Kjell Törnblom and Ali Kazemi, two prominent and leading scholars in this field, complements and deepens the Foas' pioneering work from 1974. Within these covers the reader will find an abbreviated version of the Foas' out-of-print original, which is increasingly referred to by current researchers, alongside new chapters on current issues, developments, and applications written by eleven scholars. The book has a simple and clear-cut message: resource theory is not an exercise in academic hair-splitting but has far-reaching societal implications in that it can provide interesting solutions to a wide range of social issues.
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In this important new volume, Kazemi and Törnblom bring together a collection of papers from leading Social Resource Theory researchers. Building on a rich historical foundation, the authors update SRT in light of new evidence, as well as discussing new research and applications.
