TY - JOUR
T1 - Supervisor Humor as a Predictor of Employee Voice and Intention to Quit
AU - Kelly, Stephanie
AU - Zeng, Cheng
AU - Cundall, Michael
AU - Ramsey, Matthew
PY - 2025/1/1
Y1 - 2025/1/1
N2 - The purpose of this study was to better understand how supervisors’ use of positive humor affects subordinates’ articulated dissent and intention to quit. The study presents a hypothesized model in which supervisors’ successful use of humor, as mediated through homophily and job satisfaction, accounts for subordinates’ articulated dissent and intention to quit. However, the results support a trimmed model in which supervisors’ use of humor predicted subordinates’ articulated dissent and intention to quit, mediated by job satisfaction only. Additionally, implications and recommendations based on the findings are presented.
AB - The purpose of this study was to better understand how supervisors’ use of positive humor affects subordinates’ articulated dissent and intention to quit. The study presents a hypothesized model in which supervisors’ successful use of humor, as mediated through homophily and job satisfaction, accounts for subordinates’ articulated dissent and intention to quit. However, the results support a trimmed model in which supervisors’ use of humor predicted subordinates’ articulated dissent and intention to quit, mediated by job satisfaction only. Additionally, implications and recommendations based on the findings are presented.
KW - dissent
KW - homophily
KW - humor
KW - intention to quit
KW - job satisfaction
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U2 - 10.1177/23294884251377037
DO - 10.1177/23294884251377037
M3 - Article
SN - 2329-4884
JO - International Journal of Business Communication
JF - International Journal of Business Communication
M1 - 23294884251377037
ER -