Just joking around? employee humor expression as an ingratiatory behavior

Cecily D. Cooper

doi:10.5465/AMR.2005.18378877

Just joking around? employee humor expression as an ingratiatory behavior

Cecily D. Cooper

Management

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Abstract

Previous research on ingratiation in organizations has identified various categories of ingratiatory behaviors. However, these studies have failed to mention or investigate the ingratiatory power of humor. I integrate past research on ingratiation with research on humor in organizations to propose humor as a type of ingratiatory behavior in the workplace. I describe how humor affects targets, including determinants of humor's effectiveness as an ingratiation strategy, and various outcomes of humor as an ingratiation tactic.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	765-776
Number of pages	12
Journal	Academy of Management Review
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/AMR.2005.18378877
State	Published - Oct 2005

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Business, Management and Accounting(all)
Strategy and Management
Management of Technology and Innovation

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