Exploring the relationship between humour in the workplace and organisational health: an empirical study: Isfahan Steel Company
by Amir Khodadadi; Hadi Teimouri; Maryam Dezhtaherian
International Journal of Procurement Management (IJPM), Vol. 16, No. 4, 2023

Abstract: One of the effective components of organisational health is cheerful spirit, and positive emotional relationship that is emerged as confidence, trust, empathy, and friendship among the employees. Humour in the workplace is one type of humorous relationship that can lead to such relationships that decreases inter-organisational conflicts and enhances job motivation. Therefore, it is important to explore humour's relationship with organisational health. This study aims to explore the relationship between humour in the workplace and organisational health. It is applicable from the objective aspect and descriptive field from the methodological aspect. The hypotheses were analysed using a correlational method in a specific time interval. The statistical population included employees of Isfahan Steel Company. Simple random sampling was employed and the research sample was determined to equal to 250 persons according to Morgan's table. The results indicate that there is an acceptable level of relationship between humour in the workplace and organisational health. Among the dimensions of humour, affiliative humour and aggressive humour have the highest relationship with organisational health, respectively.

Online publication date: Tue, 14-Mar-2023

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