Elucidating the bonds of workplace humor: A relational process model

Human Relations

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1087-1115

  Cooper, Cecily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect reinforcement; Communications; Humor; Self disclosure; Similarity attraction; Workplace relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249091023     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726708094861     Document Type: Review

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