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Predictive Power of Humor Types in Explaining Leadership Styles in Different Organizations
Predictive Power of Humor Types in Explaining Leadership Styles in Different Organizations

Author(s): Muammer ERGÜN, Mustafa Öztürk Akcaoğlu
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Behaviorism, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi
Keywords: Humor types; Leadership styles; Organizational behavior; Subordinates;

Summary/Abstract: Purpose – Humor could act as a therapeutic agent for the employees by creating an entertaining environment. It is also considered as a valuable administrative tool to increase production and workers’ productivity. Leadership, on the other hand, is an important component of all kinds of organizations. Humor and leadership have been studied extensively in a variety of contexts. Although the relationship between humor types and leadership styles has become a topic of interest for the researchers, the predictive power of humor types in explaining leadership styles has not been studied. The aim of this study is to find out whether the subordinates’ views regarding the type of their leaders differ and the type of humor predict leadership style of the managers.

  • Issue Year: 12/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 921-937
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English