A supportive climate may protect employees’ wellbeing
from negative humour events:
A supportive climate may protect employees’ wellbeing
from negative humour events:
a test of the affective events theory with humour events
Author(s): Ana Junça Silva, Antonio Caetano, Rita Rueff LopeSubject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Psychology, Applied Linguistics, Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Social psychology and group interaction, Organizational Psychology
Published by: Krakowskie Towarzystwo Popularyzowania Wiedzy o Komunikacji Językowej Tertium
Keywords: humour events; affect; psychological work climate; moderated mediation
Summary/Abstract: This study investigated: (a) the mediating role of affect between humour events and wellbeing at work and (b) the moderating role of psychological work climate in the indirect relationship between humour events and well-being at work, via affect. The moderated mediation model was tested through a study with 93 full-time employees. We used regressions and bootstrapping analyses to test the moderated mediation model. The findings indicated a significant association between humour events and well-being at work with affect as a mediator. Moreover, psychological work climate was found to significantly moderate the indirect relationship between humour events and well-being at work via affect, such that it become stronger when individuals were in a positive psychological work climate. This paper adds considerable evidence of the relationship between humour-related events and their impact on individuals’ well-being. Psychological work climate strengthens the association between affect and well-being after humour events.
Journal: The European Journal of Humour Research
- Issue Year: 10/2022
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 138-150
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English