Author(s): Bedar, Omran
Date: 2017
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/24435
Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Subject(s): Adaptive humor; Maladaptive humor; Psychological safety; Groups; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
This study empirically investigates the relationships between adaptive and maladaptive humor styles and the three indicators of group effectiveness, namely productivity, development and group viability. Data was collected from a final sample of 191 students from tutorial groups of Maastricht University. Adaptive humor was found to be positively and maladaptive humor was found to be negatively related to productivity, development and group viability. Psychological Safety was found to mediate the relationship between the two humor styles and group effectiveness with partial mediation for development and adaptive humor and development as well as group viability and maladaptive humor. The results of this study provide insights in humor research, by discerning differences between the two types of humor. Findings and implications for future research are discussed.
