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55
Citations
31539
World Ranking
1947
National Ranking
931

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Karen S. Cook is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research falls primarily within the social sciences, with a strong focus on sociology and political science. The scientist's work spans several subfields, including safety research, statistical and nonlinear physics, general health professions, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The main topics addressed in their research include social capital and networks, social power and status dynamics, social and cultural dynamics, experimental behavioral economics studies, opinion dynamics and social influence, food security and health in diverse populations, as well as obesity, physical activity, and diet.

Recent publications illustrate these areas of interest, encompassing studies such as:

  • Trust in Social Relations, 2021, published in Annual Review of Sociology
  • An Interaction Ritual Theory of Social Resource Exchange: Evidence from a Silicon Valley Accelerator, 2020, Administrative Science Quarterly
  • Impression management attenuates the effect of ability on trust in economic exchange, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Exchange and the Creation of Trust and Solidarity across Cultures, 2022, Social Psychology Quarterly
  • Food as Medicine Clinic: Early Results and Lessons Learned, 2022, Cureus

Frequent collaborators include Oliver Schilke, Coye Cheshire, Martin Reimann, Bogdan State, and Kevin Chagin.

Karen S. Cook has also contributed to book publications, notably authoring a chapter on Social Exchange Theory in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology published in 2020.

The scientist's work has appeared in a range of respected venues, including:

  • Annual Review of Sociology
  • Administrative Science Quarterly
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Social Psychology Quarterly
  • Journal of Primary Care & Community Health

Their academic contributions have been recognized through memberships and fellowships, including election to the National Academy of Sciences in 2007 and fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1996.

Best Publications

  • Social Exchange Theory

    Karen S. Cook;Eric Rice

  • Power, Equity and Commitment in Exchange Networks

    Karen S. Cook;Richard M. Emerson

  • Exchange and Power in Networks of Interorganizational Relations

    Karen S. Cook

  • Social Capital: Theory and Research

    Nan Lin;Karen S. Cook;Ronald S. Burt

  • The Distribution of Power in Exchange Networks: Theory and Experimental Results

    K. S. Cook;R. M. Emerson;M. R. Gillmore;T. Yamagishi

  • Uncertainty, trust, and commitment formation in the United States and Japan

    Toshio Yamagishi;Karen S. Cook;Motoki Watabe

  • Two Approaches to Social Structure: Exchange Theory and Network Analysis

    K. S. Cook;J. M. Whitmeyer

  • Distributive Justice, Equity, and Equality

    Karen S. Cook;Karen A. Hegtvedt

  • Trust in Society

    Karen S. Cook

  • Generalized Exchange and Social Dilemmas

    Toshio Yamagishi;Karen S. Cook

  • Sociological Perspectives On Social Psychology

    Karen S. Cook;Gary Alan Fine;James S. House

  • The Limits of Rationality

    Karen Schweers Cook;Margaret Levi

  • Cooperation Without Trust

    Karen S. Cook;Russell Hardin;Margaret Levi

  • Trust and Distrust In Organizations: Dilemmas and Approaches

    Roderick Moreland Kramer;Karen S. Cook

  • Equity Theory: Psychological and Sociological Perspectives

    David M. Messick;Karen S. Cook

  • Networks, Norms, and Trust: The Social Psychology of Social Capital∗ 2004 Cooley Mead Award Address

    Karen Schweers Cook

  • Network Connections and the Distribution of Power in Exchange Networks

    Toshio Yamagishi;Mary R. Gillmore;Karen S. Cook

  • Power in exchange networks: a power-dependence formulation

    Karen S. Cook;Toshio Yamagishi

  • Trust Building via Risk Taking: A Cross-Societal Experiment

    Karen S. Cook;Toshio Yamagishi;Coye Cheshire;Robin Cooper

  • The private rejection of unfair offers and emotional commitment.

    Toshio Yamagishi;Yutaka Horita;Haruto Takagishi;Mizuho Shinada

  • Distributive Justice: A Social-Psychological Perspective.

    Karen S. Cook;Morton Deutsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshio Yamagishi
Toshio Yamagishi Hitotsubashi University
Mary Rogers Gillmore
Mary Rogers Gillmore Arizona State University
Gary Alan Fine
Gary Alan Fine Northwestern University
James S. House
James S. House University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Roderick M. Kramer
Roderick M. Kramer Stanford University
Eric Rice
Eric Rice University of Southern California
Douglas A. Conrad
Douglas A. Conrad University of Washington
Stephen M. Shortell
Stephen M. Shortell University of California, Berkeley
Michael A. Morrisey
Michael A. Morrisey Texas A&M University
Stefanie Mollborn
Stefanie Mollborn University of Colorado Boulder

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