Humour at work and the work of humour

The Social Faces of Humour: Practices and Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 105-138

  Paton, George E C ^a   Filby, Ivan L ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780429423475-6     Document Type: Chapter

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