human relations

noun

, (usually used with a singular verb)

1. the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.

Word History and Origins

Origin of human relations¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

A week later, the rude engineer got a call from the director of human relations.

From The Daily Beast

The very nature of a home is based on right human relations.

From Project Gutenberg

In the idea of a married Romish saint, these miseries should follow logically from the Romish view of human relations.

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The application of this norm to human relations was a direct result of the belief that it was of divine origin.

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But this very projection of human relations into the divine realm prevents the chief deity from being an unlimited ruler.

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Men's habits of life are required to adapt themselves to new exigencies under a new scheme of human relations.

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