Homans on Exchange
Hedonism Revived
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2207319 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bengt Abrahamsson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 273-285 |
| Publication date | 1970-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/224933 |
| OpenAlex | W2024062513 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 9 |
George C. Homans's theory on social exchange is critically examined and found to have serious chortcomings with regard to its deductive and inductive aspects. An specially prominent shortcoming concerns the tautological character of his concept of "reward," wich make his theory deductively unclear and empirically untestable. Homans's critique against functionalism is also applicable to his own theory. His system exhibits a number of similarities with classical hedonism and is in large measure subject to the same criticisms that have been aimed at hedonistic principles
Character (mathematics) · Epistemology · Functionalism (philosophy of mind) · Hedonism · Social exchange theory · Sociology · Structural functionalism · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Economic Theory and Institutions · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Social Exchange and Power Compliance
Past is prologue
Integrating Theory, Enhancing Understanding
Religion, Rationality, and Experience
Is Homans tautological
Norm-Making in Social Exchange
Forms and Norms
Black Boxism and the Sociology of Science
Distributive Justice and Psychological Reactance
Building Social Theory
Exchange and Symbolic Interaction
A social exchange approach to implementation analysis
A Structural Theory of Social Exchange
Contrast and complementarity in three theories of criminal behavior
Choice among behavior options
Sociology and modern systems theory.
Exchange and Power in Social Life
Economic Interest and the Hawthorne Researches
Sociological Theories of Today
The Hawthorne Studies
Levels of Organization and the Mediation of Social Interaction
Homans in the Skinner Box
The Sentimental Basis of Group Solidarity
George Homans in Footnotes
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2024 (55) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |