Humor as catalyst and neutralizer of leadership effectiveness
his study examines the effects of (in)consistent leadership behaviors in promoting (or suppressing) relevant work outcomes for temporary employees such as interns. Specifically, to better understand the drivers of internship effectiveness, we hypothesized that supervisor humor interacts with leaders...
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Fundação Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo
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| author | Filipe Sobral Liliane Furtado Gazi Islam |
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| description | his study examines the effects of (in)consistent leadership behaviors in promoting (or suppressing) relevant work outcomes for temporary employees such as interns. Specifically, to better understand the drivers of internship effectiveness, we hypothesized that supervisor humor interacts with leadership style, sending implicit messages about the organizational and supervisory relationship, thus shaping interns’ attitudes and behaviors. Using a sample of 164 interns, we empirically examined the moderating effect of humor (affiliative and aggressive) on the relationship between leadership styles (transformational and laissez-faire), attitudes (satisfaction and stress), and behaviors (negligence and job acceptance intentions) using a two-wave research design. Our findings were consistent with the hypotheses, suggesting that humor needs to be tailored to leadership styles to predict interns’ attitudinal and behavioral responses, with different types of humor interacting differently across leadership styles. Implications for further research are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3aa3a7f50546437990388cd47e7020282023-08-02T07:49:45ZengFundação Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São PauloRAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas0034-75902178-938X2019-10-01595313326Humor as catalyst and neutralizer of leadership effectivenessFilipe Sobral0Liliane Furtado1Gazi Islam2Fundação Getulio Vargas, Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BrazilUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Programa de PósGraduação em Administração/ Mestrado, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BrazilGrenoble Ecole de Management, Department People, Organizations and Society, Grenoble, Francehis study examines the effects of (in)consistent leadership behaviors in promoting (or suppressing) relevant work outcomes for temporary employees such as interns. Specifically, to better understand the drivers of internship effectiveness, we hypothesized that supervisor humor interacts with leadership style, sending implicit messages about the organizational and supervisory relationship, thus shaping interns’ attitudes and behaviors. Using a sample of 164 interns, we empirically examined the moderating effect of humor (affiliative and aggressive) on the relationship between leadership styles (transformational and laissez-faire), attitudes (satisfaction and stress), and behaviors (negligence and job acceptance intentions) using a two-wave research design. Our findings were consistent with the hypotheses, suggesting that humor needs to be tailored to leadership styles to predict interns’ attitudinal and behavioral responses, with different types of humor interacting differently across leadership styles. Implications for further research are discussed.http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rae/v59n5/0034-7590-rae-59-05-0313.pdfleadership styleshumorinconsistencyambivalenceinternship |
| spellingShingle | Filipe Sobral Liliane Furtado Gazi Islam Humor as catalyst and neutralizer of leadership effectiveness RAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas leadership styles humor inconsistency ambivalence internship |
| title | Humor as catalyst and neutralizer of leadership effectiveness |
| title_full | Humor as catalyst and neutralizer of leadership effectiveness |
| title_fullStr | Humor as catalyst and neutralizer of leadership effectiveness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Humor as catalyst and neutralizer of leadership effectiveness |
| title_short | Humor as catalyst and neutralizer of leadership effectiveness |
| title_sort | humor as catalyst and neutralizer of leadership effectiveness |
| topic | leadership styles humor inconsistency ambivalence internship |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rae/v59n5/0034-7590-rae-59-05-0313.pdf |
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