1Doctoral Candidate, Department of Human Capital Development, The University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Park Campus, Long Beach, MS (USA) saurabh.gupta@usm.edu
2Doctoral Candidate, Institute of Management Studies, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, UP (India). Email id: ruchi80.tyagi@gmail.com
Online published on 26 December, 2017.
Though, encouraging humor at the workplace may be a cost-effective method of increasing organizational performance (Breeze, Dawson, & Khazhinsky, 2002), very few studies have empirically examined humor in organizational settings (Robert & Yan, 2007). In addition, since humor can have both positive and negative effects in the organizations, companies need to strategize before introducing humor in organizational cultures. This paper provides a critical summary of the literature on the influence of humor on individual and organizational outcomes.
Humor, Humor Styles, Positive Humor, Negative Humor
