Chapter 2 Resource dependence theory: Past and future
Stanford's Organization Theory Renaissance, 1970–2000
ISBN: 978-1-84950-930-5, eISBN: 978-1-84950-931-2
Publication date: 25 March 2010
Abstract
This chapter reviews the origins and primary arguments of resource dependence theory and traces its influence on the subsequent literatures in multiple social science and professional disciplines, contrasting it with Emerson's power-dependence theory. Recent years have seen an upsurge in the theory's citations in the literature, which we attribute in part to Stanford's position of power in the network of academic exchange. We conclude with a review of some promising lines of recent research that extend and qualify resource dependence theory's insights, and outline potentially fruitful areas of future research.
Citation
Davis, G.F. and Adam Cobb, J. (2010), "Chapter 2 Resource dependence theory: Past and future", Bird Schoonhoven, C. and Dobbin, F. (Ed.) Stanford's Organization Theory Renaissance, 1970–2000 (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 28), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 21-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X(2010)0000028006
Publisher
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