Finding humor in work–life conflict: Distinguishing the effects of individual and co-worker humor

Cheng, David; Chan, Xi Wen; Amarnani, Rajiv K.; Farivar, Farveh

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2021.103538

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“…According to scholars and practitioners, humor is a valuable coping technique for managers [ 6 ], which can help employees cope such problems positively by lessening their perceived workload, increasing a sense of control over any stress [ 7 ]. Several political and business leaders have undergone humor training to improve their leadership effectiveness [ 8 ].…”

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“…Specifically, leader humor can be used to create a link with employees. Previous scholars have claimed that when employees perceive humor from their leaders, they would be change their view of the stressors such that they see the pressure as benign and recover a sense of control over any stress [ 7 ], and making employees more confident in creative problem-solving [ 24 , 25 ]. As important parts of individual self-concept, occupational coping self-efficacy is individual’s perception of ability to cope with job demands [ 26 ], which is essential for employee creativity and innovative behavior.…”

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The Impact of Leader Humor on Employee Creativity during the COVID-19 Period: The Roles of Perceived Workload and Occupational Coping Self-Efficacy

Guo

et al. 2023

Behavioral Sciences

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Based on the relief theory and similarity attraction theory, this study investigates the influence of leader humor on employee creativity through the mediate impact of employees’ perceived workload, occupational coping self-efficacy, and employee similarity perception with a leader as a potential moderator. The data were collected through an online survey that included matched questionnaire data from 351 employees and their direct leaders in China. This study used SPSS 26 software and Mplus 7.0 software to analyze the data and found that (1) leader humor has a significant positive impact on employees’ creativity; (2) employees’ perceived workload and occupational coping self-efficacy mediated the positive relationship between leader humor and employee creativity; (3) similarity perception negatively moderated the influence of leader humor on perceived workload, and it also positively moderated the influence of leader humor on occupational coping self-efficacy. In addition to corroborating and expanding on previous findings regarding the relationship between leader humor and employee creativity during the COVID-19 period, the aforementioned conclusions also derive management implications for fostering employee creativity and reducing employee workload from the perspective of leader humor.

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The Impact of Leader Humor on Employee Creativity during the COVID-19 Period: The Roles of Perceived Workload and Occupational Coping Self-Efficacy

Guo

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Behavioral Sciences

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“…In the therapeutic relationship, humour has been shown to improve communication with the patient and the coping with difficult situations, helping to create a climate of trust and confidence (Birkelund & Larsen, 2013 ; Haydon & van der Riet, 2014 ; Leñero, 2015 ; Sousa et al, 2019 ). In the work environment, it improves the working atmosphere, favours relationships between colleagues, promotes teamwork, increases motivation and job satisfaction and reduces job burnout and stress, resulting in a higher quality of care (Bartzik et al, 2021 ; Brender‐Ilan & Reizer, 2021 ; Chen & Ayoun, 2019 ; Cheng et al, 2021 ; Mesmer‐Magnus et al, 2018 ; Vaz de Almeida & Nunes Health, 2020 ).…”

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Validation of the humour styles questionnaire in healthcare professionals

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Aim The aim of this study is to determine the reliability and validity of the Humour Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) in a sample of Spanish healthcare professionals. Design A cross‐sectional study. Methods The version of HSQ translated into Spanish by Cayssials and Pérez was used to validate on a sample of healthcare professionals (N = 250). The reliability analysed the Crombach's α coefficient and Pearson's correlation coefficient between the factors and the total scale score. The Exploratory Factor Analysis was carried out with Kaiser's criteria for the extraction of factors with Varimax rotation. Results HSQ in this study sample reproduced the similar structure of the original version with four factors (affiliative, self‐enhancing, aggressive and self‐defeating humour). These factors explained 44.46% of the total variance and Cronbach's ranged from 0.64–0.79. Global HSQ scale reliability was 0.82. Conclusion The HSQ is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing humour in healthcare professionals.

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“…In other words, stress reactions and consequences depend on the extent that a stressor is perceived as threatening something that is considered valuable, as an opportunity for growth, or as a work challenge because the person has the necessary skills and resources to deal with the situation [ 29 ]. Thus, considering that people experience less distress when situations are perceived as a challenge rather than as a threat, humor has a stress-buffering effect because it helps people reappraise stressful events as challenges [ 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 ]. For example, findings from a two-wave longitudinal study among 179 firefighters suggest that humor is a coping mechanism that buffers the negative effects of being exposed to traumatic stressors at work [ 32 ].…”

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“…They concluded that “one way humor decreases distress is by facilitating positive reframing of the event” (p. 852). In the organizational context, findings from three studies with different methodologies, from a lab experiment to a three-wave survey study, offer some casual evidence of this buffering effect: employees’ use of stress-relieving humor helps them to both reduce stress appraisals and cope better with the stressor [ 35 ]. The explanation of these results is that “humor makes light of a stressor or stressful situation and helps people feel better and think more positively about a stressful situation” [ 35 ] (p. 4).…”

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Effectiveness of a Humor-Based Training for Reducing Employees’ Distress

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Fernández-Canseco

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An increasing number of studies have demonstrated that humor can impact interpersonal relationships in organizations and employee well-being. However, there is little evidence coming from intervention studies in organizational settings. In response, we developed a training following the principles of positive psychology that aims at improving employees’ adaptive use of humor as a successful mechanism to deal with stress. In this study, we assess the effectiveness of such training and its impact on employee well-being. Results from this one-group intervention study in an emergency ambulance service (N = 58) revealed that the participants reported higher levels of cheerfulness (Z = −3.93; p < 0.001) and lower levels of seriousness (Z = −3.32; p < 0.001) after being exposed to the training. Indeed, the participants reported lower scores on psychological distress after the training (Z = −3.35; p < 0.001). The effect size of the training was medium (r = 0.31 to 0.36), suggesting that interventions to improve adaptive humor at work can be a useful resource to deal with workplace stress and foster employee well-being. These results may have interesting implications for designing and implementing positive interventions as well as for developing healthy organizations.

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Finding humor in work–life conflict: Distinguishing the effects of individual and co-worker humor

Cited by 14 publications

References 83 publications

The Impact of Leader Humor on Employee Creativity during the COVID-19 Period: The Roles of Perceived Workload and Occupational Coping Self-Efficacy

The Impact of Leader Humor on Employee Creativity during the COVID-19 Period: The Roles of Perceived Workload and Occupational Coping Self-Efficacy

Validation of the humour styles questionnaire in healthcare professionals

Effectiveness of a Humor-Based Training for Reducing Employees’ Distress

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