Purpose: Compassion is often entangled with similar concepts such as empathy, sympathy and pity. The purpose of this study is to understand and to distinguish compassion from empathy, sympathy and pity as a concept. Methods: We compared three similar concepts such as empathy, sympathy and pity, to compassion theoretically in order to distinguish each of the differences from similarities with literary reviews. Results: We have derived six key features of compassion as follow. First, objects of compassion are the individuals who have experienced suffering. Second, compassion encompasses the relativity of suffering. Third, compassion must be connected with action. Fourth, the main purpose of the compassionate act is to transmit compassionate feeling to others. Fifth, a relatively accurate understanding for others precedes compassionate act. Sixth, compassion is based on other-oriented emotion. Conclusion: Based on the above results, compassion can be a useful concept to reduce employee’s suffering in the organization.

서 론
    1. 연구의 필요성
    2. 연구목적
    3. 연구방법
본 론
    1. 공감(compassion)의 개념적 정의
    2. 국내외 문헌고찰
    3. 유사개념과 공감의 관계
연 구 결 과
    1. 공감과 유사개념과의 관계
    2. 이해수준 및 사고체계 비교분석
    3. 행동대상 및 행동유형 비교분석
    4. 공감의 6가지 특징
논 의
    1. 이론적 및 실무적 시사점
    2. 연구의 한계점 및 향후 연구를 위한 제언
결 론 및 제 언
REFERENCES

• 최형진(한양대학교 대학원 경영학 대학원생) | Choi Hyung Jin (Graduate School, Collage of Business Administration, Hanyang University) Corresponding author
• 이상민(한양대학교 경영대학) | Lee Sang Min (Collage of Business Administration, Hanyang University)
• 노세리(한국노동연구원) | No Se Ri (Korea Labor Institute, Sejong)