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Publication details [#56819]

Mak, Bernie Chun Nam, Christopher Charles Deneen and Yiqi Liu. 2012. Humor in the workplace: A regulating and coping mechanism in socialization. Discourse & Communication 6 (2) : 163–179.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

expectation | humor | language and culture | socialization | workplace conversation

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

It is argued that humor may function as an ordering and coping technique in newcomers' workplace socialization (in this case study in a Hong Kong firm).