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Hi, All
I wanted to let you know that we have extended the deadline for
submissions to the Special Issue of Management and Organization Review
on Social Exchange in Organizations until *December 15, 2007* (see
announcement below).
Also, we have received some questions concerning the mini-conference at
the International Association of Chinese Management Research conference
to be held in Guangzhou, China June 18-22. Authors of papers in the
special issue will be invited to participate. It will be an opportunity
to discuss the papers and extend our thinking about social exchange in
organizations; however, we understand that not everyone will necessarily
be able to join us in Guangzhou.
If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact
Jackie, Xiao-Ping, Lynn or myself.
Lois Tetrick, Guest Co-Editor
*/Management and Organization Review/*
*Special Issue on �Social Exchange in Organizations�*
*Call for Papers*
*Guest Editors*:
Lois E. Tetrick, George Mason University
Jacqueline A. Coyle-Shapiro, London School of Economics
Xiao-Ping Chen, University of Washington
Lynn M. Shore, San Diego State University
*Submission Deadline*: _December 15, 2007_
Social Exchange Theory is an influential conceptual paradigm for
understanding Organizational Behavior. The pervasiveness of Social
Exchange as a theoretical foundation can be seen in areas such as, for
example, organizational justice, leader-member exchange, perceived
organizational support, psychological contracts and the employment
relationship, as well as the inter-organizational domain through the
networks of top managers and boundary spanners. However, despite its
dominance as an explanatory framework, Social Exchange Theory contains
conceptual ambiguities and empirical tests that have selectively
excluded critical theoretical variables or provided very limited tests
of the main propositions of Social Exchange Theory. Likewise, most
research applying Social Exchange Theory to organizations has been
conducted in Western contexts, raising questions about the
cross-cultural relevance or limitations of this theory. This special
issue of / Management and Organization Review /seeks to revisit Social
Exchange Theory.
By redirecting attention to Social Exchange Theory, we aim to advance
its applicability in an organizational context. To this end, while we
are open to different types of submissions, we especially encourage
innovative theoretical and empirical papers that help advance the
applicability of social exchange to organizational phenomena. Of
particular interest are papers conducted within a
Chinese or cross-cultural context. We invite submissions that address
but are not limited to issues such as:
a) The distinction between the �relationship� and �resources exchanged�
� how do resources influence the type/quality of a relationship and how
does the relationship influence what is exchanged?
b) Reciprocity � what rules and norms govern the relationship? How do
these norms develop and what are their consequences?
c) What are the boundary conditions/limitations of Social Exchange
Theory in organizational settings? For example, to what extent does
culture facilitate or inhibit the development of social exchange
relationships? Other factors might include organizational context,
groups and individual dispositional factors.
d) What other theories could be used to complement the foundational
ideas of Social Exchange Theory?
e) What aspects of Social Exchange Theory have been neglected or overlooked?
f) What are the commonalities and differences between constructs that
draw upon social exchange?
g) Are social exchange processes different at the inter-personal and
inter-organizational domains?
h) Are there variations in the applicability of Social Exchange Theory
to Chinese and non-Western contexts?
Papers for the special issue should be submitted electronically to both
the /MOR /office at
iacmr.mor@asu.edu and Lois Tetrick at
ltetrick@gmu.edu.
Questions about this special issue may be directed to any of the guest
editors: Lois Tetrick (
ltetrick@gmu.edu), Jackie Coyle-Shapiro
(
J.A.Coyle-Shapiro@lse.ac.uk), Xiao-Ping Chen (
xpchen@u.washington.edu),
and Lynn Shore (
lshore@mail.sdsu.edu).