Managing with Humor

Nilupama Wijewardena is a Research Fellow in the Department of Management, Monash University, Australia. Her research interests include humor, emotions in work life, and creating positive work environments.Ramanie Samaratunge is an Associate Professor at the Monash Business School, Monash University, Australia. She is an internationally renowned management scholar with 30 years of experience working in the public and private sector, including consultancies in Australia and Asia. Her research interests include international management, international public policy and management, cross-cultural management, CSR, entrepreneurship and immigrants in Australia.Charmine Härtel is Chair of Occupational Health and Work Psychology at the University of Queensland Business School, Australia. She is a leading expert in the areas of work-related emotions and wellbeing, workforce diversity and inclusion, HRM innovation, andhealth and safety.

• Chapter 1: What humor can offer managers and organizations.- Chapter 2: Unpacking humor at work.- Chapter 3: Linking managerial humor to employees’ emotions and psychological capital.- Chapter 4: Exploring humor in Australian work settings.- Chapter 5: Empirical evidence on mixing humor with management.- Chapter 6: Using humor to promote employees’ positive emotions.- Chapter 7: Developing managers’ humor skills.