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The benefits of humor as an individual coping mechanism and a social

lubricant are well established. Humor helps people cope with pain and tragedy,

reduces social conflict and promotes group cohesion. But Lehmann-Willenbrock and

Allen explored whether humor in the workplace might also help a corporation

boost its bottom line .In a longitudinal investigation of team efficiency and

productivity, they evaluated humor patterns in the regular team meetings of two

industrial organizations in Germany, and then examined short-term and long-term

outcomes.

To assess humor patterns, Lehmann-Willenbrock and Allen first videotaped 54

different team meetings, each roughly forty-five minutes long, that collectively

involved over 350 employees. If you find work meetings to be arduous and dull,

you would not want to be on this research team, for the investigators then

watched all of those meeting tapes and coded the team interactions. They were

particularly interested in positive humor patterns, that is, upbeat, funny

remarks followed by laughter. They intentionally did not include negative humor

(sarcasm, put-downs) or failed humor (e.g., a joke followed by silence). After

coding the humor patterns, they then evaluated what happened after the

laughter.

Lehmann-Willenbrock and Allen found that within the meetings, humor patterns

triggered problem-solving behaviors (e.g., what do you think about this

approach?), procedural suggestions (e.g., let's talk about our next step), and

goal orientation (e.g., we should target this issue). Humor patterns also

promoted supportive behaviors like praise and encouragement, and led to new

ideas and solutions.

It can reasonably be inferred that Lehmann-Willenbrock and Allen's study

differed from previous studies of humor in that it _________

A.considered international differences in workplace humor.

B.explored negative humor patterns as well as positive ones.

C.focused on humor's effect on the achievements of groups of people.

D.investigated the way humor affects people's responses to challenging

situations.

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