Just Joking Around? Employee Humor Expression As An Ingratiatory Behavior

Volume: 30, Issue: 4, Pages: 765 - 776
Published: Oct 1, 2005
Abstract
Previous research on ingratiation in organizations has identified various categories of ingratiatory behaviors. However, these studies have failed to mention or investigate the ingratiatory power of humor. I integrate past research on ingratiation with research on humor in organizations to propose humor as a type of ingratiatory behavior in the workplace. I describe how humor affects targets, including determinants of humor's effectiveness as an...
Paper Details
Title
Just Joking Around? Employee Humor Expression As An Ingratiatory Behavior
Published Date
Oct 1, 2005
Volume
30
Issue
4
Pages
765 - 776
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