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Academy of Management Review Vol. 7 No. 1 1982

Humor in Management: Prospects for Administrative Practice and Research

W. Jack Duncan

W. Jack Duncan is Professor of Management and Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Management at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.

Abstract

Humor has been suggested as an effecive management tool. Reviewed in this paper is the existing research on humor appreciation or what is funny to whom; the influence of humor on group characteristics such as cohesiveness, communications, power, and status; and the linkage, if any, between group dynamic variables and human performance. A list of guidelines for management in matching humor with the situation is given, and some priorities are suggested for research.

DOI
10.5465/amr.1982.4285511
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
136-142
Language
en
Sources
ris:amr.ris openalex crossref

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