Social Exchange Networks: A Review of Experimental Studies
- Author(s)
- Sabine Neuhofer, Ilona Reindl, Bernhard Kittel
- Abstract
This article surveys laboratory experiments on social exchange networks. The method of laboratory experiments is prominent in this field. The various theoretical perspectives informing the experiments are grouped into three approaches: the first, dominated by network-exchange theory, is mainly concerned with power and structure, the second discusses social-psychological approaches and emphasizes behavioral and psychological dimensions such as reciprocity, emotions and cohesion, and the third is concerned with game-theoretic experiments embedded in network structures.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Economic Sociology
- Journal
- Connections
- Volume
- 35
- Pages
- 34-51
- Publication date
- 2015
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 504030 Economic sociology
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/278785a7-6a36-4859-9a4c-6e41eeff490a