How Humor Works

Plester, Barbara; Inkson, Kerr

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-0283-1_2

Barbara Plester³ &
Kerr Inkson⁴

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Here are two jokes; the first is an excerpt from a popular television comedy, the second is an old Scottish joke:

Joke 1: What is a Sagittarius?

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Management & International Business, University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand
Barbara Plester
University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand
Kerr Inkson

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Plester, B., Inkson, K. (2019). How Humor Works. In: Laugh out Loud: A User’s Guide to Workplace Humor. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0283-1_2

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0283-1_2
Published: 28 August 2018
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