The Direct and Moderating Role of Humour Styles at Work: Organizational Citizenship Behaviours, Counterproductive Workplace Behaviours, Anxiety and Depression as Organizational Outcomes

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dc.contributor.advisorLee, Kibeom
dc.contributor.authorComeau, Caitlin
dc.contributor.committeememberMcGrath, Daniel
dc.contributor.committeememberChapman, Derek
dc.contributor.committeememberHershcovis, Sandy
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-04T16:15:32Z
dc.date.available2016-10-04T16:15:32Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractPast research suggests that a sense of humour plays a role in the workplace. The present study builds upon this work by exploring how individual differences in various positive and negative humour styles (affiliative, self-enhancing, self-defeating, aggressive humour) related to organizational citizenship behaviours, counterproductive workplace behaviours, and workplace anxiety and depression. Survey results from 190 employed undergraduate participants indicated that affiliative humour use is associated with reduced anxiety, depression and counterproductive workplace behaviours, and with increased engagement in organizational citizenship behaviours. In addition, self-enhancing humour moderated the relationship of organizational stressors with OCBs, anxiety and depression. In order to assess the interpersonal aspects of humour, convergence between self- and observer reported humour styles was examined. The relatively low correlation indicates we may need to move beyond the traditional measurement of self- and observer agreement to capture the unique variance of each perspective. Implications of these findings and future research directions are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationComeau, C. (2016). The Direct and Moderating Role of Humour Styles at Work: Organizational Citizenship Behaviours, Counterproductive Workplace Behaviours, Anxiety and Depression as Organizational Outcomes (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28066en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28066
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3379
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectPsychology--Industrial
dc.subject.classificationhumoren_US
dc.subject.classificationworken_US
dc.subject.classificationstylesen_US
dc.subject.classificationanxietyen_US
dc.subject.classificationDepressionen_US
dc.subject.classificationcitizenshipen_US
dc.subject.classificationdevianten_US
dc.subject.classificationbehavioursen_US
dc.titleThe Direct and Moderating Role of Humour Styles at Work: Organizational Citizenship Behaviours, Counterproductive Workplace Behaviours, Anxiety and Depression as Organizational Outcomes
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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