Humor in Leadership: Perspective of the Hotel Industry

Abstract

This study investigates the structural relationships among humor leadership, psychological empowerment, innovative behavior, and job performance in the Korean hotel industry. This study reveals following key major findings. First, a leader’s use of humor in leadership significantly and positively influences an employee’s psychological empowerment. Second, an employee’s psychological empowerment significantly and positively influences innovative behavior and job performance. However, innovative behavior does not significantly influence job performance. In the final section, theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.

Citation

Koo, D.-W., Kim, M.-S. and Kang, Y.-W. (2018), "Humor in Leadership: Perspective of the Hotel Industry", Advances in Hospitality and Leisure (Advances in Hospitality and Leisure, Vol. 14), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 149-159. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1745-354220180000014009