Does leader humor style matter and to whom?

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Neves P., KARAGONLAR G.

JOURNAL OF MANAGERIAL PSYCHOLOGY, cilt.35, sa.2, ss.115-128, 2020 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1108/jmp-12-2018-0552
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF MANAGERIAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, ASSIA, ABI/INFORM, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Educational research abstracts (ERA), Psycinfo
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.115-128
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Leader humor styles, Core self-evaluations, Trust, Performance, Deviance, CORE SELF-EVALUATIONS, JOB-SATISFACTION, TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP, WORKPLACE DEVIANCE, AGGRESSIVE HUMOR, TRUST, PERFORMANCE, SUPERVISOR, METAANALYSIS, CITIZENSHIP
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose The interest on leader humor styles is recent. By applying a trustworthiness framework, the authors examine (1) how leader humor styles contribute to performance and deviance via trust in the supervisor and (2) who benefits/suffers the most from different leader humor styles. Design/methodology/approach The authors tested their hypotheses in a sample of 428 employee-supervisor dyads from 19 organizations operating in the services sector. Findings Affiliative and self-enhancing leader humor styles are particularly beneficial for employees with low core-self-evaluations, helping them develop trust in the supervisor and consequently improving their performance. An aggressive leader humor style, via decreased trust in the supervisor, reduces performance, regardless of employees' core self-evaluations. Self-enhancing and self-defeating leader humor styles also present significant relationships with organizational deviance. Research limitations/implications - Limitations include the cross-sectional design and the limited number of mechanisms examined. Practical implications - Organizations need to train leaders in the use of humor and develop a culture where beneficial humor styles are endorsed, while detrimental humor styles are not tolerated.