Laughters nurturing tears for leaders and organizations: the implications of leader humor for leader workplace deviance

Extant research has identified various effects of leader humor on subordinates and work groups. In contrast, less research has explored the influence of leader humor on leaders themselves and leaders' subsequent behaviors. To address these issues, we drew from ego depletion theory and investiga...

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Autores principales: Li, Ye (Autor) ; Zhang, Yajun (Autor) ; Lu, Lu (Autor) ; Zhang, Junwei (Autor) ; Sun, Xiuli (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: Springer 2023
En: Journal of business ethics
Año: 2023, Volumen: 188, Número: 3, Páginas: 603-621
Otras palabras clave:B Leader humor
B Leader workplace deviance
B Ego depletion
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Impression management motive
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Sumario:Extant research has identified various effects of leader humor on subordinates and work groups. In contrast, less research has explored the influence of leader humor on leaders themselves and leaders' subsequent behaviors. To address these issues, we drew from ego depletion theory and investigated when and how leader humor impacted leader workplace deviance. We argued that leader humor along with high impression management motive would bring increased ego depletion to leaders themselves and ultimately result in more leader workplace deviance. We tested our theoretical model using a three-wave time-lagged field survey data collected from 103 leaders and 595 subordinates, as well as an experiment involving 487 leader participants, which provided overall support for our hypotheses. Our findings revealed the possible dark side of leader humor influencing both leaders themselves and organizations. Theoretical contributions and new avenues for future research are addressed.
ISSN:1573-0697
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-022-05310-y