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2016-07-28Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.18452/22721
Humor at work: validation of the short work-related Humor Styles Questionnaire (swHSQ)
dc.contributor.authorScheel, Tabea E.
dc.contributor.authorGerdenitsch, Cornelia
dc.contributor.authorKorunka, Christian
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-09T13:09:37Z
dc.date.available2021-04-09T13:09:37Z
dc.date.issued2016-07-28none
dc.date.updated2019-12-10T21:39:54Z
dc.identifier.issn0933-1719
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.hu-berlin.de/18452/23329
dc.descriptionThis publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.none
dc.description.abstractAs part of daily interactions humor is an integral element of work relationships with consequences for well-being or turnover intentions. However, its adequate assessment in the work context has yet to be improved. While the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ; Martin et al. 2003. Individual differences in uses of humor and their relation to psychological well-being: Development of the Humor Styles Questionnaire. Journal of Research in Personality 37. 48–75) covers adaptive and maladaptive functions of humor styles, it assesses humor in general life. With the adaption of the HSQ, that is, the short (12-item) and workrelated version of the HSQ (swHSQ), we provide an efficient tool for the assessment of individual humor styles in the work context. We validated and tested the swHSQ in two Austrian-German and one U.S. sample and analyzed its structure and impact by means of confirmatory factor analyses as well as regression analyses. The swHSQ seems valid and reliable (α between 0.62 and 0.86) in a German and an English version, thus representing an efficient selfreport tool for field research. Evidence for construct validity is provided with regard to humor styles’ associations with optimism, occupational self-efficacy, irritation, and job satisfaction. While the positive (affiliative, self-enhancing) humor styles showed expected relationships with the outcomes, patterns of relationships of the negative styles suggest intercultural differences in workplace humor. Thus, self-defeating but not aggressive humor seems impactful in the Austrian-German sample, while the contrary was found in the U.S. sample.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subjecthumor styleseng
dc.subjectscales validationeng
dc.subjectjob satisfactioneng
dc.subjectirritationeng
dc.subjectcross-culturaleng
dc.subject.ddc400 Sprachenone
dc.subject.ddc150 Psychologienone
dc.titleHumor at work: validation of the short work-related Humor Styles Questionnaire (swHSQ)none
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/23329-0
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18452/22721
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.pages27none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone
dc.identifier.eissn1613-3722
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.1515/humor-2015-0118none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleHumor : international journal of humor researchnone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume29none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue3none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameDe Gruyternone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceBostonnone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart439none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend465none
bua.departmentLebenswissenschaftliche Fakultätnone

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