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This research was conducted to examine the effects of cognitive and emotional empathy amongst employees, and its contribution to the enhancement of the effectiveness of an organization. Further, ‘job stress’ was used as the moderating value. For this purpose, examination procedures were based on theoretical ground drawn from previous research papers, and an appropriate hypothesis established. Statistical methods were also employed to obtain empirical evidence. This study consisted of four variables. The independent variable is categorised into the factors of cognitive and emotional empathy. Job stress as the moderating value as well as job satisfaction and turnover intention as members of the dependent variable. A survey was carried out targeting employees of numerous firms working in teams, and a total of 324 samples were collected and processed by the software package SPSS 21 for windows as a means to verify the set study model and hypothesis. The results of the study are as follows: The two factor of cognitive and emotional empathy did not present with any significant effects. However, cognitive empathy in relation to job stress was found to inflict negative effects. The study also found the two factors to play a significant role in asserting positive effects on an individual’s level of satisfaction on his/her job. While the study further explained that cognitive understanding had the tendency to impose negative effects on the turnover intention, emotional empathy did not demonstrate significant effects. Job related stress negatively effects the level of satisfaction of an individual’s given task or a job and positive relation with turnover intention. It was confirmed that job stress had a degree of intermediary role upon other factors such as empathy, job satisfaction and turnover intention. The results of the study purported that empathy can raise the level of an individual’s job satisfaction and kerb turnover intention. In order to accomplish depreciated levels of job related stress, it is vital that firms consistently input fervent endeavours to be subserved. It must be able to create an environment wherein employees may enjoy the improved structure of the company to empathies with each other. These transitions would allow firms to achieve maximum efficiency and improvements on the effectiveness of an organization.

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본 연구는 조직유효성에 영향을 미치는 요소 중에서 최근 이슈화 되고 있으며 심리학과 교육학에서 중시되어 다루어지는 주제인 공감(empathy)을 경영학에 접목시켜 직무스트레스라는 매개를 통해 조직유효성(직무만족, 이직의도)과의 관계와 연구의 한계점을 알아보고자 한다. 수도권을 중심으로 충청도, 경상도, 전라도 등을 포함한 5개 지역에 분포되어있는 기업 직장인들을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였고 결과는 spss 21 통계프로그램 사용하여 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결과 첫째, 공감의 하위요인 인지적, 정서적 공감 중에서 인지적 공감은 직무스트레스에서 부(-)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 둘째, 공감의 하위요인 인지적, 정서적 공감은 모두 직무만족에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 공감의 하위요인 인지적, 정서적 공감에서 인지적 공감은 이직의도에 대해 부(-)의 영향을 미치는 것을 알 수 있으나 정서적 공감은 유의미한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 직무스트레스는 직무만족에 부(-)의 영향을 미치며 이직의도에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것을 발견하였다. 마지막으로 공감과 직무만족 및 이직의도의 관계에 있어서 직무스트레스의 매개역할을 확인하였다. 이상의 실증연구결과를 바탕으로 연구의 의의 및 한계점, 향후 연구방향을 제시하였다.