Humor, Leadership, and School Climate

Ziegler, Virginia; Boardman, Gerald R.; Thomas, M. Donald

doi:10.1080/00098655.1985.9955580

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“…In his case, humour functions as a social lubricant where friendly teasing has had a positive effect on staff, the students, and the entire school environment. While it is possible to make sense with humour, humour itself may serve a subversive purpose as it carries a cue that is non-serious (Ziegler et al, 1985). The joking behaviours among staff and students may encourage levity and negligence in their work.…”

Section: Humourmentioning

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Conceptualizing social justice: interviews with principals

Wang

2015

Journal of Educational Administration

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Purpose – Today, as the understanding of diversity is further expanded, the meaning of social justice becomes even more complicated, if not confusing. The purpose of this paper is to explore how school principals with social justice commitment understand and perceive social justice in their leadership practices. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative research design is used for this study. In total, 22 school principals in Ontario were interviewed. The interviews glean data on principals’ work context, their perceptions of social justice, and anecdotes, stories, and examples concerning social justice in their practices. Findings – The research findings draw attention to the central importance of awareness of the social injustices in schools – in structure, policy, and practices – and open space for debate on what can be considered as leadership for social justice. They also provide a useful starting point in exploring how leadership roles and practices can be improved to reverse injustices associated with the diversity of students based on race, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, and ability. Originality/value – What principals perceive may have a significant impact on the actions and practices for social justice. Therefore, it is important to gain insight into principals’ persecutions and perspectives on social justice as they may become norms and criteria that guide their actions.

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Section: Humourmentioning

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Conceptualizing social justice: interviews with principals

Wang

2015

Journal of Educational Administration

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“…When it is considered in terms of educational organizations, school principals' sense of humor and humor styles gain more importance. If the school principal has good sense of humor, school organization can benefit from positive effects of humor in terms of both human relations and organizational processes (Ziegler et al, 1985;Williams and Clouse, 1991;Spurgeon, 1998;Fields, 2011). However, the researches about school principals' humor styles are very limited in the literature (Recepoğlu, 2008;Yılmaz, 2011;Sepetci, 2010;Otrar and Fındıklı, 2014;Çelik, 2014).…”

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Teachers’ Metaphorical Perceptions About School Principals’ Humor Styles

Aduğ¹,

Himmetoğlu²,

Bayrak³

2018

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Öz. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı; öğretmenlerin okul yöneticilerinin mizah tarzlarına ilişkin algılarını metaforlar aracılığıyla belirlemektir. Nitel bir araştırma olan çalışmada, temel nitel araştırma deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 2015-2016 eğitim-öğretim yılında Eskişehir Tepebaşı Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü'ne bağlı resmi okullarda görev yapan toplam 73 öğretmen oluşturmuştur. Öğretmenlerin okul müdürünün mizah tarzına ilişkin algılarını belirlemek için, öğretmenlere "Okul müdürünün mizah tarzı…….... gibidir. Çünkü…………"şeklinde bir ifadenin yazılı olduğu form verilmiş ve bu formları doldurmaları rica edilmiştir. Elde edilen veriler içerik analizi tekniği ile çözümlenmiştir. Araştırma bulgularının analizi sonucunda 60 öğretmenin okul müdürünün mizah tarzına ilişkin 53 geçerli metafor ürettikleri belirlenmiştir. Bu metaforlar 8 ayrı kategori altında gruplandırılmıştır. Bu 8 kategori; motive edici mizah, sorun çözücü mizah, iğneleyici mizah, değişken mizah, mizahi olmayan tarz, dengeli mizah, düşündürücü mizah ve yansıtıcı mizah şeklinde sıralanmaktadır. Araştırmanın sonucunda öğretmenlerin okul müdürünün mizah tarzına yönelik en fazla metafor ürettikleri kategorilerin motive edici mizah ve sorun çözücü mizah olduğu belirlenmiştir. Öğretmenlerin en az metafor ürettikleri kategori ise yansıtıcı mizah kategorisidir.

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“…In studies that examined the relationship between humor, leadership, and organizational climate of schools, Ziegler, Boardman & Thomas (1985) and Hughes & Avey (2009) showed cheerful, light-hearted humor positively correlated with supportive leadership styles and positive climate. The moderator effect was supported only in relationships between transformational leadership with both trust and affective commitment, suggesting that transformational leaders use more humor rate higher on these outcomes than followers of low humor leaders.…”

Section: A Functional Perspective Of Humor In Communication and Tasksmentioning

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Utilizing Humor to Enhance Leadership Styles in Higher Education Administration

Grace-Odeleye

Santiago

2019

IJELM

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This review examined the literature addressing humor as a potential trait that may enhance leadership styles in higher educational administration. It provides an overview of current humor research from several disciplines of major contemporary leadership theories and styles in higher educational administration and develop and propose a theoretical link between humor as functional management communication for enhancement to other leadership characteristics. The framework developed in this analysis offer a suitable range of humor and its implications for leadership and leadership development in university environments for more effective leadership competencies to manage the multi-dimensional intricacies and practicalities. Additionally, the review provides strategic insights, and practical ways of incorporation of humor into leadership styles in higher education administration along with suggestions for further empirical exploration on relationships of humor and leadership effectiveness.

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Humor, Leadership, and School Climate

Cited by 20 publications

References 8 publications

Conceptualizing social justice: interviews with principals

Conceptualizing social justice: interviews with principals

Teachers’ Metaphorical Perceptions About School Principals’ Humor Styles

Utilizing Humor to Enhance Leadership Styles in Higher Education Administration

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