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Leadership spotlight: A little humour goes a long way

In new research, Randall S Peterson and colleagues ask, could the boss’s jokes lead more to languor than laughter?

Aine Doris
22 March 2024
LeadershipTeamsInfluenceMotivating peopleLeading teamsPsychology
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“If you are trying to be funny, you are de facto trying to elicit a response, so the use of humour is never neutral or irrelevant”

"Individuals have a split second to decide whether to fake it or not with a joke, and what the consequences of not laughing might be"

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