Utilizing exchange perspective, the present study attempted to analyze the household decision-making power of the Korean elderly immigrants. It was found that after several years of residency in the U.S., residual prestige showed to be no longer effec...
Utilizing exchange perspective, the present study attempted to analyze the household decision-making power of the Korean elderly immigrants. It was found that after several years of residency in the U.S., residual prestige showed to be no longer effective in maintaining a power relationship with the adult children. The strategic resources assured financial independence of the elderly people, but no longer meant control over the adult children. The power relationship between the adult child and elderly parents needs to be interpreted not solely as direct exchanges between them but as univocal exchange between individuals and society.