Abstract (eng)
The use of humor in the workplace seems to differ from the use of humor in general life. The recently developed short work-related Humor Styles Questionnaire (swHSQ; Scheel, Gerdenitsch, & Korunka, 2016) enables a more sophisticated approach to research workplace humor. However, it has only been used in the Austrian/German and the US context. This study applied the new measure to the French working context. Relations between workplace humor styles and outcomes (irritation, job satisfaction, occupational job-efficacy, work engagement) were investigated. Findings were differently from Scheel et al. (2016). Furthermore, a possible moderating role of cultural values was assessed. Moderation was found for the effect of self-enhancing, affiliative and self-defeating workplace humor on outcomes. No moderation was found for aggressive workplace humor. Thus, the influence of values should be taken into account when investigating the effects of workplace humor styles on outcomes.