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Ko Kuwabara
Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour
Keywords
Trust; Cohesion; Social Exchange; Cooperation
Journal Article
Kuwabara K. (2011). Cohesion, Cooperation, and the Value of Doing Things Together How Economic Exchange Creates Relational Bonds American Sociological Review, 76(4), pp. 560-580.
A recent debate in sociological exchange theory concerns which form of exchange is likely to promote cohesion in exchange relations. One side maintains that bilateral exchange, often associated with economic transactions, entails joint action to share mutual benefits, contributing more to feelings of cohesion than do independent acts of unilateral giving from one person to another, typical of social exchange.