TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Humor and morality in organizations
JO  - Current opinion in psychology
A1  - Yam, Kai Chi
A1  - Min Ye, Yamon
SP  - e101799
EP  - e101799
VL  - 57
IS  - 
N2  - Successful leaders often use humor to motivate, inspire, and lead. Yet, recent research suggests that the use of humor is risky for leaders. Our review suggests that humor must be morally offensive to some people for it to be perceived as funny. This inherent tension between humor and morality implies that the use of humor can sometimes act as a signal of acceptable moral standards in organizations, where a leader's use of humor carries significant risks because of the norm-violating message it sends to subordinates, or it can even be dangerous in extreme cases. We conclude the paper by offering future research directions on the study of workplace humor.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2352-250X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101799
ID  - ref1
ER  -