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Miller, Barbara N. "The uses and effects of humor in the school workplace." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/9498.

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xiii, 79 p. A print copy of this title is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.<br>The role of humor among teachers in schools has not received much research attention. The purpose of this study was to explore teachers' perceptions of the uses and effects of humor in the naturalistic setting of an elementary school. A qualitative exploratory case study was conducted. Twenty participants from one school completed a survey on uses and effects of humor, and a focus group was conducted with five of the survey participants. Results were tr

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Miller, Barbara N. "The use and effects of humor in the school workplace /." Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank) Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/9498.

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N, Schönfeldt Sara, and Jelena Miznikova. "The Serious Business of Humor : A qualitative study of humor as a management tool." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-35849.

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<p>This research was initiated due to the novelty of the topic. Humor is a common phenomenon in the daily interaction of many people; however this study is particularly interested in humor as used by managers. As a preconception to the study it was assumed that appropriately used humor results in benefits for a leader, thus we wish to explore how managers in Swedish organizations reason about <em>if</em> and <em>how</em> humor can be used as a management tool. For this purpose we employed qualitative research with semi-structured interviewing method. The subjects for investigation reside in Um

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Brown, Kella. "Comic art and humor in the workplace| An exploratory study?ZZzzzz." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3683221.

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<p> This study is a qualitative, exploratory examination of the phenomena of humor in the workplace. The purpose is to derive a better understanding of how real people enact humor in the workplace by examining the humor depicted by and through fictional characters in comic art. The body of work of cartoonist, Scott Adams, was the primary source of data. The study relies on what the imaginary characters of <i>Dilbert</i> find absurd, funny, and ridiculous about an imaginary workplace, the employee-employer relationship, the content of the characters' jobs, or in the social relationships of fi

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Campbell, Kristen. ""Chuckle while you work" subordinates' perceptions of superiors' humor orientation, assertiveness, responsiveness, approach/avoidance strategies, and satisfaction /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1455.

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Gunning, Barbara L. "The Role that Humor Plays in Shaping Organizational Culture." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1101326392.

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Wikoff, Logan Marie. "Humor Type, Source, and Perceived Job Satisfaction." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1460979977.

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Yao, Xin. "Ego depletion in emotional labor : the role of humor and methods of acting /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8758.

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Sierra, Mary Jane. "Seriously Though... Is Positive Workplace Humor a Help or a Hindrance?: The Impact of Coworker-Employee Humor Interactions on Employee Well-Being and Effectiveness." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/6016.

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The prevalence and importance of humor in the workplace has been well-documented over the past several decades, with research consistently revealing its significant impact on employee well-being and effectiveness. During this same time period, organizations worldwide have begun embracing team-based work designs as a means for achieving success. As a result, the degree to which employees are engaging in both frequent and intensive interactions with their coworkers is rapidly increasing. Despite these trends, little research has been dedicated to investigating the ways in which employees' well-b

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Barrett, Michelle Greenspoon. "The Relationship Between Empathy and Humor Styles and Secondary Traumatic Stress in the Public Mental Health Workplace." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1444650710.

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Graham, Lisa Goldstein. "What is it like to be funny? The spontaneous humor producer’s subjective experience." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1275056868.

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Menezes, Fábio Sprada de. "A influência das condições psicofisiológicas individuais na produtividade laboral de funcionários de uma instituição de ensino superior." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2017. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/2986.

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A boa produtividade laboral é uma importante condição para as empresas e entre as possíveis causas de variação dessa medida estão as condições psicofisiológicas, que podem alterar o comportamento dos trabalhadores e influenciar seu desempenho. O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar a influência das Condições Psicofisiológicas Individuais de Trabalhadores de uma Instituição de Ensino Superior na sua produtividade laboral. Para isso foi realizada uma pesquisa de campo, aprovada pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisas da UTFPR, com 50 trabalhadores de um Centro Universitário em Santa Catarina e que foram sub

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Zhong, Xuan Yi, and 鍾宣義. "Investigating Sport Organization and Humor in Workplace." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37193562690084139083.

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碩士<br>國立體育大學<br>體育推廣學系<br>103<br>Nowadays, society transforms rapidly and becomes variety. The work of career organization is busy than before, and the team member’s work pressures also heavier. We need to apply “humor” on our job, to adapt our body and mind. That’s why manage organization will become the most important issue. However, the context about sport organization is complicate, if we can apply humor appropriately, then we can get great help from it. The purpose of the study is to make us understand and describe the humor of sport organization, including the meaning of humor, style, an

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Yifeng, Huang, and 黃屹鳳. "The Impact of Cynicism’s Humor Styles on Workplace Bullying." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/58946461842122750365.

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碩士<br>輔仁大學<br>企業管理學系管理學碩士在職專班<br>101<br>According to empirical studies, the cynicism has a negative effect in organization. The cynicism considers that the issues occurred in the organization can not be solved, due to the egoism exist and the organization lack of justice in it. The nature of cynicism is typically indicates an unhappy staff with cynic attitude to express that they are discontented with colleague and the company. Their attitude will make interpersonal relationship worsen and destroyed the harmony of organization. There are four types humor style of cynicism including positi

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CHANG, SHIH-HSING, and 張仕興. "The Impact of Humor Styles on Communication Satisfaction and Workplace Bullying." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02232358037699477208.

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碩士<br>輔仁大學<br>企業管理學系管理學碩士在職專班<br>100<br>Humor styles means an individual expresses himself in a relaxing way of humor in the society. Therefore, humor styles assuage the tension in the working places and reduce pressure resulting from work. However, humor styles also cause some arguments and irritate others. Besides, a higher level of communicative satisfaction will shorten the gap between the goal of the communication and personal cognition. There are many studies about workplace bullying in foreign countries, but they are seldom discussed in Taiwan. It is still a problem that the foreign

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袁振凱. "Humor Styles in the Workplace – A Comparison between Western and Eastern Culture." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2fx54u.

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碩士<br>輔仁大學<br>國際創業與經營管理學程碩士在職專班<br>106<br>The purpose of this paper is to explore the difference between Western and Eastern humor styles and how it could possibly affect the workplace. “Humor” refers to people that use amusing or interesting ways to express themselves in the social environment. On a global scale there are four main styles of humor used: affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive, and self-defeating. It is proven that those that have a sense of humor are better at coping with stress and have healthier relationships. In this thesis, it was predicted that Western culture uses more

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Su, Hsia-Yu, and 蘇夏幼. "The Relationship between Workplace Humor and Work Stress of Elementary School Teachers in Tainan." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71401832741709083348.

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碩士<br>台南應用科技大學<br>生活應用科學研究所<br>100<br>The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between workplace humor and work stress of 536 elementary school teachers in Tainan city. The sample data are collected by two instruments, Elementary School Teacher Workplace Humor Checklist and Elementary School Teacher Work Stress Checklist, and analyzed by utilizing a variety of statistical methods such as descriptive analysis, t-test, one-way ANOVA, product-moment correlation and canonical correlation. The findings were as follows. 1.The perception of workplace humor is above the middle-level,

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KE, SHU-HUI, and 柯淑蕙. "The Relationships among Workplace Humor Style, Organizational Playfulness Climate, and Employee’s Innovative Behavior under different acquaintance." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08708503798391537918.

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碩士<br>國立臺灣師範大學<br>創造力發展碩士在職專班<br>96<br>The purposes of this study were to investigate different workplace humor style. Participants may perform different workplace humor style when in the different interpersonal relationship. Besides, the main purpose of this research was to understand the prediction between organizational playfulness climate perception and employee’s innovative behavior, workplace humor style and between organizational playfulness climate perception, workplace humor style and employee’s innovative behavior. Perceived organizational playfulness climate perception has mediating

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Chang, Ting-Yu, and 張庭瑜. "The Research on the Happiness influenced by Workplace Needs, and Adopted Self-efficacy, Humor style as Moderators." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/w966cj.

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碩士<br>靜宜大學<br>觀光事業學系<br>103<br>The aim of this study is to explore the relationships between the needs of workplace and happiness in Taiwanese tourism industry of the employee, and by means of self-efficacy and humor style as moderators. The objects were sampled from the staffs, supervisors’ managers, and executive officers who working at tourism industry and totally 317 valid samples adopted, and the research followed quantitative research method, and adopted SPSS 22.0 to count and analyze the data processing. The findings showed that workplace needs does direct effect happiness positively, e

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NING, HSU SU, and 許書寧. "The Effect of Nurses Cynicism on Workplace Deviance Behavior and Turnover Intention：The Moderation Effect of Humor Styles." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85875546224732264155.

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碩士<br>亞洲大學<br>心理學系碩士班<br>98<br>Since nurse services have to consider patient’s thoughts and feelings, so nurses often play multiple roles. Because of that, it creates role conflict and ambiguity. We call that “Cynicism”, it will cause negative impact for organization. If we can prevent it, it will decrease the negative impact and increase effective management. In this paper we aim to explain the relationship of nurse cynicism between workplace deviance behavior and turnover intention. And humorous style regulate whether the relationship between it or not. This study use questionnaires and conv

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Santoro, Sarah Elizabeth. "A priest, a rabbi, and a clinical social worker walk into an inpatient psychiatry unit clinical social workers uses of humor on an inpatient psychiatry unit : a project based upon an independent investigation /." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/9833.

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HUANG, YU-HUA, and 黃鈺華. "A Study on the Relationship among Person-Job Fit,Workplace Humor and Adaptive Performance: An Example of Elementary School Teachers In Taichung City." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/vk9434.

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"Humor, small talk, and the construction of identity and power in workplace instant messaging: 工作同事於即時通訊系統中的幽默、聊天、以及其身分與權力之建構". 2014. http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-1291724.

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Mak, Chun Nam.<br>Thesis Ph.D. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2014.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 290-322).<br>Abstracts also in Chinese.<br>Title from PDF title page (viewed on 08, November, 2016).<br>Mak, Chun Nam.

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