Modern research in social science, until very recently, has been focused mainly on the contemplative rather than the active, on the intellectual rather than the emotional aspects of human life. The study of emotion has, until recently, been mostly ove...
Modern research in social science, until very recently, has been focused mainly on the contemplative rather than the active, on the intellectual rather than the emotional aspects of human life. The study of emotion has, until recently, been mostly overlooked in attempts to understand reasons for action. A long tradition views all emotions as threats to rationality, and treats emotions as feelings or sensations. But recently Kevin Thomson pointed out that emotional capital is the fuel and driving force activating the intellectual capital for organizational performance.
This study attempts to estimate the emotional capital level of manufactuaring firms and to derive some measures for accumulating and managing effectively the emotional capital. In order to achieve this purpose, the literature on the basic concept and factors of emotional capital was surveyed and the field investigation was conducted by means of questionnaires covering 192 employees engaged in two manufacturing firms in Jinju region. Collected data were statistically analyzed using SPSS 10.0 for Windows.