Empathy & Compassion

Organizing through Empathy. Empathy is the most important organizing mechanism,  *Edwin Rutsch empathizing with Keiko Krahnke & Kathryn Pavlovich

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This book challenges the existing paradigm of capitalism by providing scientific evidence and empirical data that empathy is the most important organizing mechanism. The book is unique in that it provides a comprehensive review of the transformational qualities of empathy in personal, organizational and local contexts.

 

Keiko Krahnke is Associate Professor of Management; Business Communications at University of Northern Colorado in the Montfort College of Business. 

 

Kathryn Pavlovich is Associate Professor at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.

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