Work Place Humor Styles
“It is often said that nothing ruins a joke so much as the attempt to explain it“, below are the conceptual explanation of utilized variables of the study:
To understand Humor ineptly, it is necessary to know its multi-dimension, Researchers have proposed four major humor styles, three of which were utilized in this study, namely Affiliative Humor Self-Enhancing Humor Aggressive Humor
2.3 Dimensions of Work Place Humor Styles
2.3.1 Affiliative Humor
People who use affiliative humor joke around with others and attract them with forms of humor that focus on enhancing social interaction. Affiliative humor is a positive humor style in favor of others, This humor style in an organization is often built on Hope to minimize the strange feelings with subordinates, shorten mutual distance, try to bring members together and create solidarity and a positive environment so that the team can work toward common goals (Hi, Wang, Huang and Chen, 2011). Examples of affiliative humor include funny stories particular to a group, inside jokes, and good-natured practical jokes that are traditionally played on people during social events. Individuals who exhibit this behavior are liked by others and are usually perceived as non-threatening (Vaillant 1977).
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Using the surface acting technique, people alter the outward expression of emotion in the service of altering their inner feelings. By changing facial or bodily expressions, such as slumped shoulders, bowed head, or drooping mouth, inner feelings can be altered to a corresponding state (Hochschild, 1993).
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