The current study proposes and tests a model that explores the effects of hospitality employees’ workplace humor styles (affiliative humor and aggressive humor) on their perceived workplace fun (supervisor support and coworker socializing) and perceived workplace aggression (supervisor aggression and coworker aggression), which further influence the employees’ organizational JE. The study also examines the moderating effect of the national culture on the relationships between workplace humor and workplace fun, between workplace humor and workplace aggression, between workplace fun and organizational JE, and between workplace aggression and organizational JE.
Workplace Humor and Workplace Fun
Martin et al. (2003) demonstrated that employees who use affiliative humor attract others with jokes, funny stories and other forms of appealing humor are confident and extroverted and can bring people together by sharing humor and reducing interpersonal tensions. Research suggested affiliative humor may promote team cohesion via increased …show more content…
As stated by Martin et al. (2003) affiliative humor can help reduce interpersonal tensions and can be used as a stress reduction method that helps people keep a constructive view of life. In addition, research showed that affiliative humor can mask the unpleasant content of messages at workplace (Holmes, 2000) and limit friction in interpersonal interactions (Fine & Soucey, 2005). When being the target of aggressive behaviors at workplace, hospitality employees who use affiliative humor tend to use humor to cover the friction and the stress they experience at work, resulting in lower level of perceived workplace aggression. Therefore, the affiliative humor styles can act as lubricant and help employees buffer negative perception of both supervisor aggression and coworker aggression. Based on the literature review, we proposed the following
Workplace Humor and Workplace Fun
Martin et al. (2003) demonstrated that employees who use affiliative humor attract others with jokes, funny stories and other forms of appealing humor are confident and extroverted and can bring people together by sharing humor and reducing interpersonal tensions. Research suggested affiliative humor may promote team cohesion via increased …show more content…
As stated by Martin et al. (2003) affiliative humor can help reduce interpersonal tensions and can be used as a stress reduction method that helps people keep a constructive view of life. In addition, research showed that affiliative humor can mask the unpleasant content of messages at workplace (Holmes, 2000) and limit friction in interpersonal interactions (Fine & Soucey, 2005). When being the target of aggressive behaviors at workplace, hospitality employees who use affiliative humor tend to use humor to cover the friction and the stress they experience at work, resulting in lower level of perceived workplace aggression. Therefore, the affiliative humor styles can act as lubricant and help employees buffer negative perception of both supervisor aggression and coworker aggression. Based on the literature review, we proposed the following