Interpersonal relationship and emotion in organizations: a biological perspective

Abstract

This article discusses the treatment given by the organizational theory to interpersonal relationships, for its dominantly rationalistic, instrumental, and prescriptive form, only partially integrated to its main element: emotion. The article suggests a new line of research for developing a substantive theory of intra and inter-organizational relationships, centered in the emotion of love, according to its biological concept. It also proposes that the investigation use the experience of the communion economy project as a reference.

quality of interpersonal relationships; emotion-reason; substantive theory; love-action