Just joking around? Employee humor expression as an ingratiatory behavior

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Cooper, CD
• 署名单位: University of Miami
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• 发表日期: 2005
• 页码: 765-776
• 关键词: influence tactics; positive affect; leadership; WORKPLACE; outcomes; emotion; stress; GENDER; FUNNY

摘要

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 ingratiation strategy, and various outcomes of humor as an ingratiation tactic.