The mixed blessing of leader sense of humor: Examining costs and benefits

• Main Authors: YAM, Kai Chi, CHRISTIAN, Michael S., WEI, Wu, LIAO, Zhenyu, NAI, Jared
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Benign violation theory; leader sense of humor; deviance; norm violations; work engagement; China; United States; Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research_all/25; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1030&context=lkcsb_research_all
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Workplace humor is ubiquitous, yet scholars know little about how it affects employees' behaviors in organizations. We draw on an emerging psychological theory of humor—benign violation theory—to suggest that a leader's sense of humor often conveys counter-normative social information in o...