Workplace Humor

A Workplace Humor is a humor that occurs in professional environments and serves organizational functions through comedic interaction.

• AKA: Office Humor, Professional Humor, Organizational Humor, Work-Related Humor.
• Context:
  • It can typically facilitate Team Bonding through shared experiences.
  • It can typically provide Stress Relief in high-pressure situations.
  • It can often establish Workplace Culture through recurring jokes.
  • It can often navigate Power Dynamics through appropriate comedy.
  • It can range from being a Formal Workplace Humor to being an Informal Workplace Humor, depending on its professional context.
  • It can range from being a Inclusive Workplace Humor to being an Exclusive Workplace Humor, depending on its audience scope.
  • It can range from being a Spontaneous Workplace Humor to being a Planned Workplace Humor, depending on its occurrence pattern.
  • It can range from being a Safe Workplace Humor to being a Risky Workplace Humor, depending on its appropriateness level.
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• Examples:
  • Meeting Humors, such as:
    • Conference Call Jokes about technical difficultys.
    • PowerPoint Jokes about presentation overload.
  • Deadline Humors, such as:
    • Project Management Jokes about scope creep.
    • Crunch Time Jokes about work-life balance.
  • Specialized Workplace Humors, such as:
    • Workplace Engineering Meme for technical teams.
    • Installation Humor for resistance expression.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Personal Humor, which occurs in private settings.
  • Public Humor, which targets general audiences.
  • Academic Humor, which focuses on educational contexts.
• See: Humor, Professional Worker, Work Day, Workplace Engineering Meme, Installation Humor, Organizational Culture, Team Dynamic, Stress Management.

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