Editing Social exchange theory (section)

==Self-interest and interdependence==
[[Self-interest]] and [[interdependence]] are central properties of social exchange.<ref>{{cite journal |jstor=223504 |doi=10.1146/annurev.soc.25.1.217|title=Bringing Emotions into Social Exchange Theory|journal=Annual Review of Sociology|volume=25|pages=217–244|year=1999|last1=Lawler|first1=Edward J.|last2=Thye|first2=Shane R.|url=http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2236&context=articles|hdl=1813/75321|s2cid=55789681 |hdl-access=free}}</ref> These are the basic forms of interaction when two or more actors have something of value to each other, and they have to decide whether to exchange and in what amounts.<ref name=Lawler /> Homans uses the concepts of [[individualism]] to explain exchange processes. To him, the meaning of individual self-interest is a combination of economic and psychological needs.{{sfn|Ekeh|1974}}{{page needed|date=October 2014}} Fulfilling self-interest is often common within the economic realm of the social exchange theory where competition and greed can be common.<ref name="McDonell, J 2006">{{cite book |last1=McDonell |first1=J. |last2=Strom-Gottfried |first2=K. J. |last3=Burton |first3=D. L. |last4=Yaffe |first4=J. |year=2006 |chapter-url=http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uspace/id/4266 |chapter=Behaviorism, social learning, and exchange theory |editor1-first=S. P. |editor1-last=Robbins |editor2-first=P. |editor2-last=Chatterjee |editor3-first=E. R. |editor3-last=Canda |title=Contemporary human behavior theory: a critical perspective for social work |publisher=Pearson |pages=349–85}}</ref> In social exchange, self-interest is not a negative thing; rather, when self-interest is recognized, it will act as the guiding force of interpersonal relationships for the advancement of both parties' self-interest"—Michael Roloff (1981)<ref>{{cite book
 | last=Roloff| first=Michael
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 | title=Interpersonal communication: The social exchange approach
 | publisher=Beverly Hills|isbn=0803916043}}{{page needed|date=October 2014}}</ref>
Thibaut and Kelley see the mutual interdependence of persons as the central problem for the study of social behavior. They developed a [[Interdependence theory|theoretical framework]] based on the interdependence of actors. They also highlighted social implications of different forms of interdependence such as reciprocal control.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=J. K. |title=Social exchange theory: its structure and influence in social psychology |location=London |publisher=Academic Press |year=1976 |oclc=163977277}}{{page needed|date=October 2014}}</ref> According to their interdependence definition, outcomes are based on a combination of parties' efforts and mutual and complementary arrangements.<ref name=Cook/>