Leader humor across levels.
CEO
Executive leadership
Humor
Leadership
Strategic leadership
TMT
Journal
Current opinion in psychology
ISSN: 2352-2518
Titre abrégé: Curr Opin Psychol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101649136
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2023
10 2023
Historique:
received:
25
07
2023
revised:
05
08
2023
accepted:
09
08
2023
medline:
9
10
2023
pubmed:
15
9
2023
entrez:
14
9
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Leaders use humor. This humor has real effects and has been a topic of scholarly interest. We review and interpret this literature though the lens of leader hierarchical level (front-line managers versus senior executives), enumerating intriguing research possibilities and practical implications. We know much more about the humor of front-line leaders than executives, and much more about benefits than risks of leader humor. Not only are the risks and benefits likely to be amplified for executives, but they are qualitatively different due to the differential reach of executive leadership. In terms of enacting humor, the more diverse set of observers and stakeholders for executive leaders versus front-line managers creates additional challenges and a narrower window for successful use of humor.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37708609
pii: S2352-250X(23)00133-1
doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101688
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
101688Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.