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Klappentext Coercive Power in Social Exchange describes the progression and results of a decade-long program of experimental research on power in social exchange relations. Exchange theorists have traditionally excluded punishment and coercion from the scope of their analyses; Molm examines whether exchange theory can be expanded to include both reward and coercive power. Working within the framework of Emerson's power-dependence theory, but also drawing on the decision theory concepts of strategic action and loss aversion, Molm develops and tests a theory of coercion in social exchange that emphasizes the interdependence of these two bases of power. Her work shows that reward power and coercive power are fundamentally different, not only in their effects on behavior but also in the structural incentive to use power and the risks of power use. When exchanges are nonnegotiated and secured by the "shadow of the future", rather than by binding agreements, dependence both encourages and constrains the use of coercion. Zusammenfassung 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. Her theory emphasizes their interdependence and differences! not only in their effects on behavior! but also in the incentive and the risks of power use. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and acknowledgments; 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Social exchange and power; 3. Punishment and coercion; 4. An experimental setting for studying power in exchange relations; 5. The early research: experimental tests and theoretical puzzles; 6. The structural determination of power use; 7. Dependence and risk: structural constraints on strategic power use; 8. Injustice and risk: normative constraints on strategic power use; 9. The effects of coercion: compliance or conflict?; 10. A theory of coercion in social exchange; 11. Conclusions and implications; Appendix I. Definitions of basic concepts of social exchange; Appendix II. The experimental instructions for the standardized setting; Notes; References....
