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Peer reviewedRank, Mark R. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1982
Used data from 378 married couples to test applicability of resource theory and social exchange theory in explaining determinants of influence within a specific decision-making area (wives' employment). Results indicated increments in wives' resources correlate positively with wives' influence, while increments in husbands' resources correlate…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Employed Women, Employment, Family Structure
Download full textDowd, James J.; LaRossa, Ralph – 1978
Using a sample of 757 middle-aged and older residents of the Atlanta metropolitan region, the relationship between primary group contact and morale was investigated. With a control for sex and dependency, results indicated that: (1) interaction with children has a negative impact on the morale of dependent, older males; (2) visits with children…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Gerontology, Group Dynamics, Individual Power
Peer reviewedLawler, Edward J.; Bacharach, Samuel B. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1979
This study uses power-dependence theory as a framework for examining whether and how parties use information on each other's dependence to estimate the utility of an influence attempt. The effect of dependence in expected utilities is investigated (by role playing) in bargaining between employer and employee for a pay raise. (MF)
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Hypothesis Testing
