Illuminating the principles of social exchange theory with Hawthorne studies
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DOI: 10.1108/jmh-05-2018-0026
Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to suggest Homans’ social exchange theory (SET), a management theory, as an explanation for some of the findings of some of the Hawthorne experiments (1924-1933), which demonstrated how… read more here.
Keywords: hawthorne studies; exchange theory; social exchange;