This study addressed how engaging in different forms of information exchange within a group is related to group members' willingness to share risk information with outsiders. Drawing from social exchange theories, we focused on 3 unrestricted forms of information exchange: pure-generalized, group-generalized, and productive. We hypothesized that individuals' intentions to share information with outsiders would be associated positively with engagement in pure or group-generalized exchanges and negatively with productive exchange. The hypotheses were supported with data from a national survey of U.S. growers (N = 452) that examined their information-sharing behaviors with other parties inside and outside their local region. The findings have broad implications for understanding information sharing within and across groups.

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无限制信息交换对与外界共享信息的意愿的影响

这项研究探讨了在小组内参与不同形式的信息交换与小组成员与外界共享风险信息的意愿如何相关。从社会交换理论出发，我们集中讨论了3种不受限制的信息交换形式：纯广义，群体广义和生产性。我们假设，个人与外部人共享信息的意图与参与纯粹的或集体的交流有积极的联系，而与生产性交流则有消极的联系。这项假设得到了美国种植者全国调查（N = 452）的数据的支持，该调查检查了他们与当地区域内外其他各方的信息共享行为。这些发现对理解群体内部和群体之间的信息共享具有广泛的意义。