Displaying group cohesiveness: Humour and laughter in the public lectures of management gurus

Human Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1515-1544

  Greatbatch, David ^a   Clark, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group cohesion; Humour and laughter; Management gurus; Management ideas; Public speaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442434599     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00187267035612004     Document Type: Article

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