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

博士论文研究，社会交换网络中的资源变化：可复制性和可转移性对权力使用的影响

• 批准号: 0425431
• 负责人: Linda Molm
• 金额: $ 0.75万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-07-15 至 2006-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0425431&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Resource; Variation

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.

该项目引入了资源特征作为影响网络发电机制的交换的基本组成部分。 先前的研究尚未考虑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。 可重复性（资源是否可以复制）和可转移性（从一个交换伙伴处获得的资源是否可以传递给另一个伙伴）被认为是基本资源维度，对参与者能够获取的资源种类及其获取资源的能力产生影响。在采集过程中使用电源。 这些资源特征的变化已被用于社会交换和社交网络研究，但是尚未对资源变化的影响进行系统比较。 关于电力使用水平的预测是根据社交交换和社交网络传统的见解做出的。 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换实验。 2x2 因子设计将可重复性与可转移性交叉，以便在每种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耗。 通过整合两种理论传统，所提出的研究可以扩大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行为者的行为如何影响网络资源流动的见解。 更广泛的影响：这项研究将引起有兴趣了解在沟通、交换和影响网络中观察到的权力动态差异的学者和学生的兴趣。 该项目的结果将发表在学术期刊以及社交网络会议和团体流程会议上。