Humor in Management: Prospects for Administrative Practice and Research
回顾了幽默在管理中的作用，包括幽默欣赏的个体差异、幽默对团队凝聚力等特征的影响，以及团队动态与绩效的关联，并给出了管理实践指南和研究建议。
Humor has been suggested as an effecive management tool. Reviewed in this paper is the existing research on humor appreciation or what is funny to whom; the influence of humor on group characteristics such as cohesiveness, communications, power, and status; and the linkage, if any, between group dynamic variables and human performance. A list of guidelines for management in matching humor with the situation is given, and some priorities are suggested for research.