LEADER 04314nam 22005415 450 001 9910350213703321 005 20200630223432.0 010 $a981-13-0283-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-13-0283-1 035 $a(CKB)4100000006674889 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5522125 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-13-0283-1 035 $a(PPN)230536468 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006674889 100 $a20180827d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLaugh out Loud: A User?s Guide to Workplace Humor /$fby Barbara Plester, Kerr Inkson 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (188 pages) 311 $a981-13-0282-0 327 $a1. Introducing Workplace Humor -- 2. How Humor Works -- 3. Humor and Organization Culture -- 4. Forms of Workplace Humor -- 5. Technological Humor -- 6. Jokers Wild! -- 7. The Light Side of Humor -- 8. The Dark Side of Humor -- 9. Humor Boundaries -- 10. How to Manage Workplace Humor. 330 $a?Laugh Out Loud should be of enormous value to any leader who accepts the challenge of building and maintaining a superb work place that is a joy to be part of and that delivers superlative results." ?Tom Peters, international consultant and author of In Search of Excellence (1982), The Excellence Dividend (2018), and many other management best-sellers. Humor is part and parcel of every workplace. However, while humor usually demonstrates and fosters a united, happy workforce, it can at times be damaging and divisive. This book is the first-ever authoritative work on the use and management of humor at work - a practical guide for humorists, jokers, ?butts? and victims of humor, fans, observers, and most of all the managers who have to ?set the tone? and encourage, control and manage humor. The authors bring together long experience and state-of-the art research on the topic. The book covers how humor works, humor cultures, forms of workplace humor, humor rituals, digital humor, workplace jokers, ?political correctness? about humor, and both the ?bright? and ?dark? sides of humor . With over 60 ?real life? illustrative stories, a self-completion humor questionnaire and end-of-chapter ?takeaways? advocating ?best practice?, the book is a fun, how-to-do-it guide that will both inform and entertain. Barbara Plester, Senior Lecturer in the University of Auckland Business School, is a New Zealander who has researched workplace humor and fun for the last 14 years, publishing her research in many journal articles and in her academic book, The Complexity of Workplace Humour (2016). Barbara says that humor is endemic to both her zany family life and her award-winning teaching. Kerr Inkson, Emeritus Professor in the University of Auckland Business School, is a Scottish-born New Zealander whose 50+-year research career included work on motivation, careers and cross-cultural management. Now retired, his main pursuits are writing, amateur drama and golf. Among his favourite humor is that of his compatriot, the incomparable Billy Connolly. . 606 $aEmployee health promotion 606 $aOrganization 606 $aPlanning 606 $aLeadership 606 $aEmployee Health and Wellbeing$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/517050 606 $aOrganization$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/516000 606 $aBusiness Strategy/Leadership$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/515010 615 0$aEmployee health promotion. 615 0$aOrganization. 615 0$aPlanning. 615 0$aLeadership. 615 14$aEmployee Health and Wellbeing. 615 24$aOrganization. 615 24$aBusiness Strategy/Leadership. 676 $a658.45 700 $aPlester$b Barbara$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0781893 702 $aInkson$b Kerr$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910350213703321 996 $aLaugh out Loud: A User?s Guide to Workplace Humor$92235696 997 $aUNINA