The Wheel Model of humor: Humor events and affect in organizations

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1071-1099

  Robert, Christopher ^a   Wilbanks, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

affect; affective events theory; broaden and build; emotional contagion; humor; management; psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865727109     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726711433133     Document Type: Article

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