Use of humor at work: Predictors and implications

Psychological Reports

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART 1, 1999, Pages 961-968

  Decker, Wayne H ^a   Rotondo, Denise M ^b  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039626241     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.84.3.961     Document Type: Article

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