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Gender Differences and Perceived Efficacy of Humor Styles in the Workplace

In: Emerging Challenges in Business, Optimization, Technology, and Industry

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  • Gwen E. Jones

    (Fairleigh Dickinson University)

  • Stephen E. Bear

    (Fairleigh Dickinson University)

Abstract

Humor as a tool in the management toolkit has been underutilized and not well understood. Yet, humor has been found to result in many positive employee and organizational outcomes such as lowered stress and higher productivity. Further, it is asserted to be selectively and effectively applied by managers with the right knowledge of humor to enhance their relationships with subordinates. This paper specifically postulates how several types of humor can affect subordinate attributions of managerial competence and satisfaction with supervision. The proposed relationships are hypothesized to be moderated by gender.

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  • Gwen E. Jones & Stephen E. Bear, 2018. "Gender Differences and Perceived Efficacy of Humor Styles in the Workplace," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, in: Lotfi Tadj & Ajay K. Garg (ed.), Emerging Challenges in Business, Optimization, Technology, and Industry, pages 199-203, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-319-58589-5_15
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58589-5_15
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