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Toward a role-theoretic conception of embeddedness
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The authors construct a repeated game model in which the players are not individuals but roles (a profit-maximizing "businessperson" and a non-strategic "friend", and the businessperson role acts strategically in light of a metatule that governs intrapersonal role switching.Abstract:
Attempting to formalize Granovetter's embeddedness argument, rational choice theorists have viewed social relationships as repeated games. This article argues that role theory would provide a better metatheoretical perspective on embeddedness. A preliminary sketch of role theory suggests a promising theoretical methodology. To illustrate, I construct a repeated‐game model in which the players are not individuals but roles (a profit‐maximizing “businessperson” and nonstrategic “friend”); the businessperson role acts strategically in light of a metatule that governs intrapersonal role switching.read more
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