Humor and the Effectiveness of Diverse Leaders

Social Structure and Emotion

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 21-35

  Lovaglia, Michael J ^a   Rogalin, Christabel L ^b   Soboroff, Shane D ^a   Kelley, Christopher P ^a   Lucas, Jeffrey W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374095-3.00002-1     Document Type: Chapter

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