Agresivni i afilijativni humor nadređenog: radni ishodi, mehanizam u podlozi i povezanost s transformacijskim stilom vođenja

master's thesis

• Title (english): Leaders' Aggressive and Affiliative Humor: Workplace Outcomes, Underlying Mechanism, and Relationship with Transformational Leadership Style
• Author: Lucija Žderić
• Mentor: Zvonimir Galić (mentor)
• Committee member: Vesna Buško (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Nikola Erceg (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Psychology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2024-09-25, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Psychology of Work

Abstract

Poznato je da korištenje humora od strane nadređenoga može biti povezano s raznim ishodima na radnom mjestu. Dok se vjeruje da je korištenje pozitivnog humora povezano s poželjnim ishodima, manje je jasna povezanost ishoda i negativnog humora. Također, mehanizmi u podlozi ove povezanost tek se od nedavno istražuju. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je pokazati kakva je povezanost korištenja afilijativnog i agresivnog stila humora nadređenoga s radnim ishodima te transformacijskim vodstvom, kao i ispitati ulogu psihološke sigurnosti u povezanosti humora nadređenog i radnih ishoda. Kako bismo ovo istražili, prikupljene su procjene nadređenih te samoprocjene od 678 sudionika. Pokazali smo da je afilijativni stil humora nadređenoga povezan s poželjnim ishodima, poput više angažiranosti zaposlenika, niže namjere napuštanja organizacije, višeg zadovoljstva poslom, manjim brojem simptoma sagorijevanja te višim procjenama učinkovitosti nadređenih. Agresivni humor nadređenih bio je povezan s višom namjerom napuštanja organizacije, nižim zadovoljstvom, više simptoma sagorijevanja te nižim procjenama učinkovitosti nadređenog. Korištenje transformacijskog stila vodstva nadređenog pozitivno je povezano s afilijativnim stilom humora, a negativno s agresivnim. Dodatno je pokazano da je psihološka sigurnost važan mehanizam u podlozi povezanosti humora i radnih ishoda.

Abstract (english)

It is well-known that the leader's use of humor can be associated with various workplace outcomes. While positive humor is believed to be linked to desirable outcomes, the relationship between negative humor and outcomes is less clear. Additionally, the mechanisms underlying this connection have only recently been explored. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between a leader's use of affiliative and aggressive humor styles and work outcomes, as well as transformational leadership, and to examine the role of psychological safety in the relationship between leader humor and work outcomes. To investigate this, assessments of leaders and self-assessments were collected from 678 participants. We found that a leader's affiliative humor style is associated with desirable outcomes, such as higher employee engagement, lower intention to leave the organization, higher job satisfaction, fewer burnout symptoms, and higher ratings of leader effectiveness. On the other hand, leaders' use of aggressive humor was associated with a higher intention to leave the organization, lower satisfaction, more burnout symptoms, and lower ratings of leader effectiveness. The use of a transformational leadership style was positively associated with affiliative humor and negatively associated with aggressive humor. Additionally, it was shown that psychological safety is an important mechanism underlying the relationship between humor and work outcomes.

• Keywords: afilijativni humor; agresivni humor; psihološka sigurnost; radni ishodi; transformacijsko vodstvo
• Keywords (english): affiliative humor; aggressive humor; psychological safety; workplace outcomes; transformational leadership
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:086534
• Study programme: Title: Psychology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra psihologije (magistar/magistra psihologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-10-01 22:20:54