Doctoral Dissertation Research, Resource Variation in Social Exchange Networks: The Effects of Duplicability and Transferability on the Use of Power

这个项目介绍了资源特性作为交换的基本组成部分，影响在网络中产生功率的机制。 以前的研究没有考虑资源特性如何变化以及对交换过程和结果的可能影响。 可复制性-资源是否可以被复制-和可转移性-从一个交换伙伴收到的资源是否可以传递给另一个合作伙伴-被确定为基本的资源维度，对各种资源的影响行动者能够获得和他们的能力，在收购过程中使用的权力。 这些资源特征的变化已被用于社会交换和社会网络的研究，但没有系统的比较资源变化的影响已经进行。 对权力使用水平的预测是基于社会交换和社会网络传统的见解。 大约160名受试者将参加亚利桑那大学社会学系社会互动实验室的计算机化交流实验。 2x2析因设计将可复制性与可转移性交叉，以便在每个条件下交换不同的资源类型。 实验的目的是展示资源类型如何影响网络中位置的相对优势以及网络中的整体功率使用。 通过整合两种理论传统，所提出的研究可以扩大社会交换理论和研究的范围，并为社会网络理论家提供洞察力，以了解行为者的行为如何影响网络中的资源流动。 更广泛的影响：这项研究将感兴趣的学者和学生有兴趣了解观察到的差异，在权力动态的通信，交流和影响力网络。 该项目的成果将在学术期刊和社交网络会议及小组进程会议上发表。

This project introduces resource characteristics as a fundamental component of exchange affecting the mechanisms that produce power in networks. Previous research has not considered how resource characteristics can vary and possible implications for exchange processes and outcomes. Duplicability - whether a resource can be copied - and transferability - whether resources received from one exchange partner can be passed on to another partner - are identified as fundamental resource dimensions which have implications for the variety of resources actors are able to acquire and their ability to use power during acquisition. Variations on these resource characteristics have been utilized in social exchange and social network research, however no systematic comparison of the implications of resource variation has been conducted. Predictions about the level of power use are made based upon insights from the social exchange and social network traditions. Approximately 160 subjects will participate in a computerized exchange experiment in the Social Interaction Laboratory in the Sociology Department at the University of Arizona. The 2x2 factorial design crosses duplicability with transferability such that a different resource type is exchanged in each condition. The experiment are designed to show how resource type influences the relative advantage of positions in a network as well as overall power usage in the network. By integrating two theoretical traditions the proposed research can expand the scope of theory and research on social exchange as well as provide social network theorists with insight to how the behavior of actors affects the flow of resources through networks. Broader impacts: This research will be of interest to scholars and students interested in understanding observed differences in power dynamics across communication, exchange, and influence networks. The results of this project will be published in academic journals and at the social networks conference and group processes conference.