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