1971–1980: In this timeframe, 17 empirical papers were published in our selected journals. The early work concentrates on power-dependence relationships (e.g., El-Ansary and Stern, 1972) and conflict (e.g., Rosenberg and Stern, 1971). Wilkinson (1979) published one of the first articles on relational out-comes at the end of this decade. He examined the relationships between channel members’ power and their satisfaction with one another’s performance.