Wit at work

Adrian Furnham

A chapter in The Talented Manager, 2012, pp 228-230 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Funny ha ha, funny pathetic, funny peculiar. How often are people landed in hot water through their supposed sense of humor? Of the many unpleasant things we have inherited from America, one is humorless, litigious, killjoy behavioral requirements. “It was meant as a joke” doesn’t sound too good in the courtroom or the cold in-house inquiry room. How many have been punished for an offhand double entendre?

Keywords: Safety Valve; Talented Manager; Social Conscience; Black Humor; Freudian Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230369764_66

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