Organizational Humor: A Review

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10.2991/aebmr.k.220501.047How to use a DOI?

Keywords

organizational humor; humor; communication

Abstract

Organizational humor is the common and universal phenomenon. Organizational humor has implications for interpersonal relationships in the organizations. Humor could create bonds between managers and subordinates. Hence, organizational humor is attracting growing interest from organizational studies and becomes the latest management topic. The empirical findings usually showing organizational humor’s pervasiveness at works and ability to influence the work processes ranging from relationship, employee health and group dynamic. However, researchers have lagged behind in understanding organizational humor as there has yet to be a comprehensive review of organizational humor. Furthermore, the extant literature scatters around the diverse field of studies, making the organizational humor difficult to access and understand. Thus, this paper aims to review the literature of organizational humor. This paper begins by defining humor. It is then review dimensions of the humors, the role of positive humors in the workplace and theories of humors. It is hoped that the review helps the researcher gain better understanding about organizational humor.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Tay Lee Chin
AU  - Hon-Wei Leow
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/05/11
TI  - Organizational Humor: A Review
BT  - Proceedings of the tenth International Conference on Entrepreneurship and Business Management 2021 (ICEBM 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 309
EP  - 313
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220501.047
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220501.047
ID  - Chin2022
ER  -