This book provides a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art on the adaptive and
maladaptive functions of humor. Humor is inescapable in our daily interactions - also at the
work place. Affiliative self-enhancing self-deprecating and aggressive humor can all occur at
work and have unique and sometimes ambiguous effects. The volume presents humor research on
five important workplace topics: teams leadership negotiation learning and health. It
combines and integrates research from a range of fields including work and organizational
psychology social psychology communication linguistics and sociology. In highlighting
research gaps and stating future research questions the book provides a sufficient starting
point for further research on humor in relation to the aforementioned topics. For practitioners
recommendations are provided specific to each area.
