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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Risky Business: Humor Can Increase Perceptions of Status, but Only If the Jokes Are Funny

By: B.T. Bitterly, A.W. Brooks and M.E. Schweitzer
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  • | Language:English
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Bitterly, B.T., A.W. Brooks, and M.E. Schweitzer. "Risky Business: Humor Can Increase Perceptions of Status, but Only If the Jokes Are Funny." Working Paper, 2014.

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Alison Wood Brooks

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