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Type | Conference Presentation |
Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
Title | Humor in Uncertainty Improves Work Relations and Diversity? |
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Presentation Type | paper |
Item Subtype | Original Work |
Refereed | Yes |
Status | Published electronically before print/final form (Epub ahead of print) |
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Series Name | Academy of Management Proceedings |
Event Title | Academy of Management Proceedings |
Event Type | conference |
Event Location | Boston, MA, USA |
Event Start Date | August 9 - 2019 |
Event End Date | August 13 - 2019 |
Abstract Text | In this paper, Gloor examines humor as a micro-level strategy to deal with interpersonal and situational uncertainty (i.e., in more demographically dissimilar dyads and upon first meeting, respectively). Gloor argues that humor relieves the greater intergroup anxiety that is more likely to occur in intergroup pairs (e.g., a man and a woman). With a behavioral experiment, Gloor extends humor research at the dyadic level, causally demonstrating how positive, affiliative humor facilitates social relations and reduces interpersonal uncertainty. |
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