Humor at Work in Teams, Leadership, Negotiations, Learning and Health (SpringerBriefs in Psychology)

Annotation This book provides a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art on the adaptive and maladaptive functions of humor. Humor is inescapable in our daily interactions - also at the work place. Affiliative, self-enhancing, self-deprecating and aggressive humor can all occur at work and have unique and sometimes ambiguous effects. The volume presents humor research on five important workplace topics: teams, leadership, negotiation, learning, and health. It combines and integrates research from a range of fields, including work and organizational psychology, social psychology, communication, linguistics and sociology. In highlighting research gaps and stating future research questions, the book provides a sufficient starting point for further research on humor in relation to the aforementioned topics. For practitioners, recommendations are provided specific to each area Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Introduction (Tabea Scheel, Christine Gockel)....Pages 1-7 Definitions, Theories, and Measurement of Humor (Tabea Scheel)....Pages 9-29 Humor in Teams: Interpersonal Functions of Humor (Christine Gockel)....Pages 31-46 Humor in Leadership: How to Lead People with Humor (Christine Gockel, Laura Vetter)....Pages 47-63 Humor in Negotiations: How to Persuade Others with Humor (Christine Gockel)....Pages 65-77 Humor and Learning in the Workplace (Tabea Scheel)....Pages 79-94 Humor in Health: How to Stay Healthy and Happy with Humor (Tabea Scheel)....Pages 95-120 Two Emerging Topics for Humor Research and Practice: Diversity and Virtuality (Tabea Scheel, Christine Gockel)....Pages 121-134 Erratum to: Humor at Work in Teams, Leadership, Negotiations, Learning and Health (Tabea Scheel, Christine Gockel)....Pages E1-E1 Back Matter ....Pages 135-143