| Yazarlar |
Doç. Dr. Muammer ERGÜN
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Doç. Dr. Mustafa Öztürk AKCAOĞLU
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| Purpose – Humor could act as a therapeutic agent for the employees by creating an entertainingenvironment. It is also considered as a valuable administrative tool to increase production andworkers’ productivity. Leadership, on the other hand, is an important component of all kinds oforganizations. Humor and leadership have been studied extensively in a variety of contexts.Although the relationship between humor types and leadership styles has become a topic of interestfor the researchers, the predictive power of humor types in explaining leadership styles has not beenstudied. The aim of this study is to find out whether the subordinates’ views regarding the type oftheir leaders differ and the type of humor predict leadership style of the managers.Design/methodology/approach – The study employed survey research design. To this end, 225subordinates working at different organizations in a city located in Black Sea Region, Turkeyparticipated in the study. In order to collect data Leadership Style Scale and Humor Behavior Scalewere used.Findings – The findings of the study revealed that the subordinates working for differentinstitutions mostly think that their managers are transactional leaders. In addition, the results ofhierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that humor types predict leadership styles atdifferent levels.Discussion – The results of this study revealed that leadership styles differ depending on the typeof organization. It can be argued that most of the subordinates in the organizations where themanagers are appointed believes that their managers have the qualities of a transactional leader. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | Ulusal alan endekslerinde (TR Dizin, ULAKBİM) yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi |
| Dergi ISSN | 1309-0712 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | TR DİZİN |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 04-2020 |
| Cilt No | 12 |
| Sayı | 1 |
| Sayfalar | 921 / 937 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.20491/isarder.2020.885 |
| Makale Linki | https://www.isarder.org/2020/vol.12_issue.1_article62.pdf |
| Atıf Sayıları | |
| TRDizin | 1 |
| Google Scholar | 1 |
