Humor at Work in Teams, Leadership, Negotiations, Learning and Health

• Main Authors: Scheel, Tabea (Author), Gockel, Christine (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Personnel management.; Management.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Positive psychology.; Industrial and Organizational Psychology.; Human Resource Management.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Cultural Management.; Positive Psychology.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art on the adaptive and maladaptive functions of humor. Humor is inescapable in our daily interactions - also at the work place. Affiliative, self-enhancing, self-deprecating and aggressive humor can all occur at work and have unique and...