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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
Peer reviewedMcDonald, Gerald W. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1980
The multidimensionality of the power concept has been more systematically explicated, but research efforts continue to be primarily concerned with decision-making outcome. Perhaps the documented patterns of slightly husband-dominant, though increasingly shared or equalitarian, decision making reflect a change in normative expectations rather than…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Relationship
