Humour, as a Remedy for Improving the Interpersonal and Institutional Communication Cover Image

Umorul, un remediu de îmbunătăţire a comunicării interpersonale şi instituţionale
Humour, as a Remedy for Improving the Interpersonal and Institutional Communication

Author(s): Lidia Kulikovski
Subject(s): Library and Information Science, Library operations and management, Communication studies, Organizational Psychology
Published by: Biblioteca Județeană Mureș
Keywords: humour; interpersonal communication; institutional communication; charisma; libraries;

Summary/Abstract: The role of humour in social communication in the librarian field is stated by the author in the following sentence - to communicate with humour, by using humour, in a field where communication is very serious is a great advantage for the institution and for the person that is practicing it. Starting with the theoretical approach of using humour as a remedy for improving the process of communication, the author refers to some examples used in the librarian environment (within the manager-collaborator relation, in the personal and professional relations, and in all the communication activities - debates, dialog, presentations etc). The author identifies several advantages of using humour in communication stressing up the idea that the librarian must develop his humorous skills and the institution must encourage the development and the preservation of these feature by providing models.

  • Issue Year: VII/2008
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 25-34
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian