"Thibaut & Kelley were constructing their compact conceptual scheme in The Social. Psychology of Groups (1959). While different in important ways, their work converged with Homans's, strengthening the general exchange approach."
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Richard M. Emerson, "Social exchange theory." Annual review of sociology (1976): 335-362.
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John Thibaut
John Walter Thibaut (1917 - Feb. 19, 1986) was an American social psychologist, and Professor of Psychology at the . He was one of the last graduate students of Kurt Lewin, and the first editor of the '.
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