Cooper’s model links workplace humor to relationship quality through affect-reinforcement, similarity-attraction, self-disclosure, and hierarchical salience. These pathways can create, maintain, impede, or damage relationships. Analysis identifies the process operating for participants rather than assuming that humor or laughter always produces stronger workplace bonds.
- Entry typeRelated entry
- FromHumorous Communication Theory (model)
- CategoryAnalytical Frameworks, Typologies & Heuristics
- DomainConversation & Relationships
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Editorial orientation · Entry type
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Editorial orientation · Category
Analytical Frameworks, Typologies & Heuristics
Organizes dimensions, distinctions, types or questions so that a situation can be examined systematically. A framework supplies structure, a typology distinguishes forms, and a heuristic offers a usable way to orient judgment.