Affiliative and aggressive humor in leadership and their effects on employee voice: a serial mediation model

Fang Liu (), Irene Hau-Siu Chow (), Yuanyuan Gong () and Man Huang ()
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Fang Liu: Guangzhou University
Irene Hau-Siu Chow: Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
Yuanyuan Gong: Okayama University
Man Huang: Guangzhou University

Review of Managerial Science, 2020, vol. 14, issue 6, No 5, 1339 pages

Abstract: Abstract Drawing on social exchange theory and social identity theory, we examine the effects of leader affiliative and aggressive humor on employee voice and propose leader–member exchange (LMX) and organizational identification (OID) as two mediators. Analysis of data from 391 employees revealed that leader affiliative humor had a positive indirect effect on employee voice through LMX and subsequently through OID, while leader aggressive humor had a negative indirect effect on employee voice through LMX and subsequently through OID. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.

Keywords: Leader affiliative humor; Leader aggressive humor; Employee voice; Leader–member exchange; Organizational identification; 90B70 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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