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

该项目将资源特征作为交换的基本组成部分，影响网络中的发电机制。以前的研究没有考虑到资源特征如何变化以及对交换过程和结果可能产生的影响。可复制性--资源是否可以复制--和可转移性--从一个交换伙伴获得的资源是否可以传递给另一个伙伴--被确定为基本的资源维度，对行为者能够获得的各种资源及其在获得期间使用权力的能力具有影响。这些资源特征的差异已被用于社会交换和社会网络研究，但尚未对资源差异的含义进行系统的比较。对电力使用水平的预测是基于对社交交流和社交网络传统的洞察。大约160名受试者将在亚利桑那大学社会学系的社会互动实验室参加一项计算机化的交流实验。2x2析因设计将可复制性与可转移性相结合，以便在每个条件下交换不同的资源类型。该实验旨在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，本研究可以扩展社会交换的理论和研究范围，并为社会网络理论家提供关于参与者的行为如何影响网络资源流动的见解。更广泛的影响：这项研究将使有兴趣了解在传播、交换和影响网络中观察到的权力动态差异的学者和学生感兴趣。该项目的成果将发表在学术期刊以及社交网络会议和团体进程会议上。

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.