Humor in member narratives: Uniting and dividing at work

Meyer, John C.

doi:10.1080/10570319709374571

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“…However, there is a need for humour to be used skilfully and appropriately or it can backfire and cause disharmony. Humour makes the workplace more pleasant and reduces stress and tension (Meyer 1997) and can also offer people the chance to discuss personal painful events within a format that reduces distress and anxiety. Banter between colleagues relieves boredom at work (Plester & Sayers 2007) and contributes to group cohesiveness (Romero & Pescosolido 2008).…”

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Healthy humour: Using humour to cope at work

Plester¹

2009

Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online

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Humour offers relief from boredom in the workplace and is an important facet of working life. Sharing humour at work can build relationships, create positive affect, and improve camaraderie between colleagues. Workplace humour is an under-researched topic and there is little empirical research that has explored humour in real workplace settings. This paper presents new qualitative empirical data from a 3 year study investigating the influence of humour within organisational culture. Analyses are drawn from observations that recorded verbatim humour exchanges as well as from interviews with managers and subordinates from four New Zealand companies. The paper explores the idea that enacting and enjoying humour at work may contribute to workplace well-being. Using humour at work may constitute a positive coping strategy that helps people to manage stress and strain experienced at work. Data suggest that humour is used specifically to offer relief from tension, to help deal with adversity and difficult situations, and to soften directives and requests made to colleagues and subordinates.

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Healthy humour: Using humour to cope at work

Plester¹

2009

Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online

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“…Organizasyonda iyi bir atmosfer, bireylere ve ekiplere, yenilikleri ve yaratıcılıkları için ilham verir (Csikszentmihalyi, 1996;Murdock ve Ganim, 1993;Edgar ve Pryor, 2003) ve daha çok üretkenlik getirir (Avolio ve diğ., 1999;Clouse ve Spurgeon, 1995;Duncan ve Feisal, 1989). Başka bir deyişle mizahi liderlik, yalnızca liderlik etkinliğini arttrımaz (Decker ve Rotondo, 2001), aynı zamanda işletmelerin ve organizasyonların kuruluşlarının genel performansını artırmak için büyümelerine ve devrim yapmalarına yardımcı olur (Meyer, 1997). Ancak, çalışmalar, mizahi liderliğin genel organizasyonel performansı tamamen etkileyemediğini de göstermektedir.…”

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Yöneti̇ci̇leri̇n Kullandiği Mi̇zah Tarzinin Araştirilmasi Ve Mi̇zah Kullaniminin Örgüt Üzeri̇ndeki̇ Negati̇f Ve Pozi̇ti̇f Etki̇leri̇: Türki̇ye’de Örnek Bi̇r Çalişma

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Onay²

2017

Journal of International Scientific Researches

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“…En raekke studier viser, at humor binder faellesskaber sammen ved at skabe og vedligeholde social samhørighed (Dwyer 1991, Fine 1996, Meyer 1997, Grugulis 2002. Andre studier viser, at humor kan medvirke til at skabe disharmoni og derigennem fungere som ekskluderende.…”

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Druk, bajere og løgnehistorier – om humor og fællesskab på en byggeplads

Baarts¹

2006

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Humor er leg og en vigtig del af det sociale spil mellem mennesker. Den såvel inkluderer som ekskluderer individer fra fællesskaber. I arbejdsfællesskabet på en byggeplads udgør humor dog mere end en fælles-skabende funktion, idet den træder frem som en særlig ekspressiv sproglig stil. Igennem denne sproglige stil udtrykker arbejdsfællesskabets medlemmer forskellige særinteresser i forhold til de standarder, herunder normer og værdier, der gælder for fællesskabet. Gennem humoren praktiserer medlemmerne af arbejdsfællesskabet en sproglig habitus igennem hvilken såvel praktiske handlinger som talehandlinger bliver reguleret. Humoren er altid dobbeltbladet – den er sjov, men den er også dødsens alvorlig.

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Humor in member narratives: Uniting and dividing at work

Cited by 104 publications

References 30 publications

Healthy humour: Using humour to cope at work

Healthy humour: Using humour to cope at work

Yöneti̇ci̇leri̇n Kullandiği Mi̇zah Tarzinin Araştirilmasi Ve Mi̇zah Kullaniminin Örgüt Üzeri̇ndeki̇ Negati̇f Ve Pozi̇ti̇f Etki̇leri̇: Türki̇ye’de Örnek Bi̇r Çalişma

Druk, bajere og løgnehistorier – om humor og fællesskab på en byggeplads

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