Humor and group effectiveness

By Eric J. Romero, A. Pescosolido. 2008

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Supervisor Humor and Employee Outcomes: The Role of Social Distance and Affective Trust in Supervisor (2015, unknown): “The role of humor in the workplace has received increasing interest among management and social psychology researchers (Cann et al. 2009; Gkorezis et al. 2011; Martin 2007; McGee and Shevlin 2009; Mesmer-Magnus et al. 2012; Romero and Pescosolido 2008).”
The Wheel Model of humor: Humor events and affect in organizations (2012, background): “Humor use in groups might impact group effectiveness through its ability to create strong groups with shared ‘collective cognitions’ (Romero and Pescosolido, 2008).”
Team viability for long-term and ongoing organizational teams (2011, background): “Some researchers based their definition on Hackman’s (1987) or Sundstrom et al.’s (1990) conceptualizations (Phillips, 2001; Romero & Pescosolido, 2008), while others added components to the definition (e.g., Aubé & Rousseau, 2005; Balkundi & Harrison, 2006), or created their own (e.g., West,…”
Empowering leadership and the influence of a humorous work climate on service employees' creativity and innovative behaviour in frontline service jobs (2011, background): “Moreover, it seems that the literature most often has studied humour in relationship to team or group effectiveness ( Romero and Pescosolido, 2008”
A meta‐analysis of positive humor in the workplace (2012, background): “Indeed, organizations that have incorporated measures of humor within their selection systems have reported impressive results (e.g. Cooper, 2008; Romero and Pescosolido, 2008).”