Having a laugh at work: how humour contributes to workplace culture

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Humor and leadership style (2006, methodology): “This research is reported in Holmes and Marra 2002a. 4.”
Workplace humor and organizational creativity (2010, background): “In the workplace, humor serves different functions and helps construct different types of work relationships (Malone 1980; Holmes and Marra 2002).”
Differences between American, Egyptian and Lebanese Humor Styles (2006, background): “…humor reduces stress (Abel, 2002), contributes to effective communication (Graham et al., 1992), is an important part of organizational culture (Holmes and Marra, 2002), is a positive factor in leadership effectiveness (Priest and Swain, 2002), increases productivity (Avolio et al., 1999), and…”
A meta‐analysis of positive humor in the workplace (2012, background): “Third, humor styles may alter how humor is used and perceived by people, but they do not change what humor is (i.e. mutually amusing communications; Crawford, 1994; Holmes and Marra, 2002; Lynch, 2002; Martineau, 1972; Robert and Yan, 2007).”
Humor and group effectiveness (2008, background): “Humor can be used to communicate values, beliefs, expectations and other important elements of a group’s culture (Holmes & Marra, 2002; Vinton, 1989).”