Casework and Social Interaction Theory

Exchange and Interpersonal Negotiation

Bibliographic Data

ID11229044
AuthorsAlec Pemberton (corresponding author), Alec G Pemberton, Paul J Schacht, Ralph G Locke
Year1972
Volume7
Issue2
Pages91-104
Publication date1972-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.1839-4655.1972.tb00485.x
OpenAlexW2346735010
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

Social casework is analysed as an interpersonal relationship: dyadic, two‐person social interaction. This approach is seen as necessary to supplement the clinical biases within the social work profession. In particular, an exchange theoretical analysis focused attention on the problematical nature of the formation, establishment and maintenance of the social work relationship. In addition, casework was examined as a basically negotiated interpersonal situation, and this perspective drew attention to the consequences of differential interpersonal power and the processes by which the social worker imposes his definition of the situation on the transaction

Database transaction · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Negotiation · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Power (physics · Project commissioning · Publishing · Social exchange theory · Social relation · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Law · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice

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