{"title":"Utilizing Humor to Enhance Leadership Styles in Higher Education Administration","authors":"Beverlyn Grace-Odeleye, Jessica Santiago","doi":"10.17583/IJELM.2019.3912","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This article examined the literature addressing humor as a potential trait that may be adapted to enhance leadership styles in higher educational administration. The paper provides an overview of humor research from several disciplines of the effects on major leadership contemporary leadership theories on leadership styles and relate them to higher educational administration. and addresses the link between humor as additional important trait to leadership competencies. A theoretical rationale for the importance of humor as functional management communication, especially as it relates to leadership practices is developed. The review provides practical implications and strategic insights, and practical ways of incorporation of humor into leadership styles in higher education administration. Also presented are practical applications of humor on what may help leaders improve their leadership skills by learning to use humor personally and organizationally in management. his literature review concludes that humor is a useful, but delicate tool for leaders and suggestions and offers recommendations in its use.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2019-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.17583/IJELM.2019.3912","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This article examined the literature addressing humor as a potential trait that may be adapted to enhance leadership styles in higher educational administration. The paper provides an overview of humor research from several disciplines of the effects on major leadership contemporary leadership theories on leadership styles and relate them to higher educational administration. and addresses the link between humor as additional important trait to leadership competencies. A theoretical rationale for the importance of humor as functional management communication, especially as it relates to leadership practices is developed. The review provides practical implications and strategic insights, and practical ways of incorporation of humor into leadership styles in higher education administration. Also presented are practical applications of humor on what may help leaders improve their leadership skills by learning to use humor personally and organizationally in management. his literature review concludes that humor is a useful, but delicate tool for leaders and suggestions and offers recommendations in its use.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.