ABSTRACT

The study of interpersonal relations as an aspect of organizational behavior provides a remarkable meeting ground for diverse points of view, both scientific and practical. Since the basic data of interpersonal relations are the face-to-face interactions and the related attitudes of men in purposive settings, one of necessity approaches this work within an interdisciplinary framework. There is yet no single comprehensive theory of interpersonal relations; there are, however, contributions from dynamic psychology, social psychology, and sociology that provide illumination of how and why men behave as they do in their interpersonal encounters.