Kitchen Antics: The importance of Humor and Maintaining professionalism at work

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 444-464

  Lynch, Owen Hanley ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Organizational sensemaking; Professional identity; Resistance; Workplace humor

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350640954     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880903233143     Document Type: Article

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