Examining the Energizing Effects of Humor: The Influence of Humor on Persistence Behavior

Cheng, David; Wang, Lu

doi:10.1007/s10869-014-9396-z

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“…They found that exposure to humor increased participants' persistence behavior, which was mediated by the positive discrete emotion of amusement (Cheng and Wang, 2014). The authors use the findings from the study to recommend that organizations create cultures that encourage the use of humor at work to increase employees' persistence behavior.…”

Section: Workplace Humor In Australiamentioning

confidence: 83%

“…The few exceptions found are Anleu et al's (2014) study on Australian judicial humor, Willis's (2012) study on young Australian lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) employees' experiences of homophobic expressions at work, and Cheng and Wang's (2014) study on exposure to humor and individuals' persistence behavior. Anleu et al's (2014) study is useful in showing that even within a seemingly serious and decorum-bound Australian work context (i.e.…”

Section: Workplace Humor In Australiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This momentum is evident in the increased number of publications on the topic in recent years in peer-reviewed journals and edited books (e.g. Cheng and Wang, 2014;Godfrey, 2014;Huo et al, 2012;Mesmer-Magnus et al, 2012;Murata, 2014;Pearce and Pabel, 2015;Robert and Wilbanks, 2012;Tews et al, 2012;Westwood and Johnston, 2013;Wijewardena et al, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Why did the emu cross the road? Exploring employees’ perception and expectations of humor in the Australian workplace

Wijewardena¹,

Samaratunge

Härtel

et al. 2016

Australian Journal of Management

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Workplace humor is currently an emerging area of study in management research. While studies on the functions and outcomes of workplace humor in the United States abound, there is little research on humor in Australian workplaces. This limits Australian organizations from tapping the rich potential of humor to achieve positive employee and organizational outcomes. This study aims to start a research agenda on workplace humor in Australia by conducting a survey study of Australian employees' perception of the occurrence and acceptability of humor behavior in their workplaces and by analyzing humor events at work. To achieve the latter objective, first, the scattered workplace humor literature is reviewed to develop a single framework that can effectively situate and capture humor events. Findings from 433 respondents indicate that humor occurs across a variety of organizations in Australia and that employees report positive views toward workplace humor. A surprising finding was that employees reported they expect their managers to use humor with them. Implications for managers and future research directions are developed.

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Section: Workplace Humor In Australiamentioning

confidence: 83%

Section: Workplace Humor In Australiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Why did the emu cross the road? Exploring employees’ perception and expectations of humor in the Australian workplace

Wijewardena¹,

Samaratunge

Härtel

et al. 2016

Australian Journal of Management

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“…One exception is an experiment that demonstrated that a relaxing micro-break that entailed viewing nature provided a boost in subsequent task performance (Lee, Williams, Sargent, Williams, & Johnson, 2015). Another showed that humorous breaks increased task persistence due to participants feeling amusement (Cheng & Wang, 2015). In attempt to connect work stress and recovery models (e.g., Sonnentag & Fritz, 2015) to practical workplace breaks, the current study contributes to the existing literature on employee recovery and performance by answering two key research questions.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 90%

Comparing Relaxation Versus Mastery Microbreak Activity: A Within-Task Recovery Perspective

Conlin¹,

Barber

2020

Psychol Rep

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Recovery from work is generally thought to occur outside of the workplace. However, employees may also have the opportunity to recover within the work day via microbreaks during demanding work tasks. Two major strategies for mitigating fatigue include psychological detachment (i.e., mentally disengaging) and replenishing motivational incentives via positive affect. This study examined whether 40-s “microbreaks” improve work recovery and to what extent different microbreak content (mastery vs. relaxation activities) boost performance. Using an experimental study, we randomly assigned individuals to receive a relaxation microbreak ( n = 59), a mastery microbreak ( n = 68), or no break ( n = 72) in the middle of a monotonous work task and assessed work performance. Microbreaks improved task performance and within-task recovery, but only for psychological detachment (not positive affect). Mastery breaks also resulted in more psychological detachment than relaxation breaks, but this increased detachment did not explain performance differences between break types. These results build on existing recovery theories by further demonstrating within-task recovery and provide practical implications for organizations to consider the importance of microbreaks.

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“…A sense of humor is one emotion that is vital to our mental health and research shows that we are more productive when we are having fun (Cabrera, 2013;Cheng & Wang, 2015;Tews, et al, 2013). Humor can enhance our efforts, stimulate our work, and translate to achievement -as long as it is not a distracting humor.…”

Section: Embracing Your Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Thompson¹

2016

JAE

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Examining the Energizing Effects of Humor: The Influence of Humor on Persistence Behavior

Cited by 46 publications

References 74 publications

Why did the emu cross the road? Exploring employees’ perception and expectations of humor in the Australian workplace

Why did the emu cross the road? Exploring employees’ perception and expectations of humor in the Australian workplace

Comparing Relaxation Versus Mastery Microbreak Activity: A Within-Task Recovery Perspective

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