human relations

noun(usually used with a singular verb)

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

Origin of human relations

First recorded in 1915–20

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A week later, the rude engineer got a call from the director of human relations.
The Secrets of Succession | Dan Lyons | August 26, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
The very nature of a home is based on right human relations.
The Canadian Girl at Work | Marjory MacMurchy
In the idea of a married Romish saint, these miseries should follow logically from the Romish view of human relations.
The Saint's Tragedy | Charles Kingsley
The application of this norm to human relations was a direct result of the belief that it was of divine origin.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm Wundt
But this very projection of human relations into the divine realm prevents the chief deity from being an unlimited ruler.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm Wundt

Men's habits of life are required to adapt themselves to new exigencies under a new scheme of human relations.
The Theory of the Leisure Class | Thorstein Veblen

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