Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Drawing on an ethnographic study in the Moomin business we explore how a discourse on humor enables organizational members to enact a particular form of leadership. While the Moomin heritage and philosophy steers leadership towards supporting and caring for people and respecting their differences, the relational and contextual nature of organizational interactions renders leadership and humor subject to friction and tensions. We elucidate how humor plays out between leaders, in meetings, in supporting people, and in parties, and how humor is constantly on the edge. Our study contributes to understanding leadership as discursive practice steered by humor.
Source: Discourses on Culture
Authors: Janne Tienari, Paul Savage
Institutions: Hanken School of Economics, United Arab Emirates University
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405623565