Humour and happiness in an NPM world: Do they speak in jest?

Caroline Hellstrom and Irvine Lapsley

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, 2016, vol. 37, issue C, 51-64

Abstract: This study examines perceptions of humour and happiness in a world where NPM ideas have a profound influence on many aspects of everyday living. The researchers interviewed comedians and their circle of co-workers at comedy festivals. Comedians seek to make us laugh, but this paper examines whether they have a serious message, too. This research reveals comedians as critical thinkers, as edge-workers who challenge convention with a particularly powerful critique of the primacy accorded to managerialism in public services and in contemporary society.

Keywords: Comédie; Services publics; Comedia; Los servicios; Públicos; Comedy; NPM; Humour; Happiness; Edgework (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2015.04.010

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