Pundt Alexander
MSB Medical School Berlin, Department of Psychology, Rüdesheimer Str. 50, D-14197 Berlin, Germany.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2024 Feb;55:101723. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101723. Epub 2023 Nov 2.
This paper is a review of existing studies on the relationship between humor in leadership and employee creativity, voice behavior, and innovative behavior. First, a meta-analytic review of zero-order correlations shows a medium-sized correlation between leader humor and creative/innovative behavior of employees. Secondly, the review shows that two distinct mediating mechanisms - a relational mechanism and a motivational, resource-based mechanism - might explain the correlation between leader humor and creative/innovative behavior. Existing studies thirdly show that moderator variables are relevant, but that the choice of variables does not yet allow for an overall picture. Unfortunately, the existing studies did widely neglect the incremental contribution of leader humor beyond other leadership constructs. The review ends with implications to guide future research on humor in leadership.
本文是对现有关于领导幽默与员工创造力、建言行为和创新行为之间关系研究的综述。首先，对零阶相关性的元分析综述表明，领导幽默与员工的创造性/创新行为之间存在中等程度的相关性。其次，该综述表明，两种不同的中介机制——关系机制和基于动机、资源的机制——可能解释领导幽默与创造性/创新行为之间的相关性。现有研究第三点表明，调节变量是相关的，但变量的选择尚无法形成一个整体图景。不幸的是，现有研究广泛忽视了领导幽默相对于其他领导构念的增量贡献。综述最后提出了一些启示，以指导未来关于领导幽默的研究。
