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Keywords
Behavioral Ethics; Benign Violation Theory; Humor; Morality;
Journal Article
Yam K. C., Barnes C. M., Leavitt K., Wei W., Lau J., Uhlmann E. L. (2019). Why so Serious? A Laboratory and Field Investigation of the Link Between Morality and Humor Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117(4), (pp758-772).
Previous research has identified many positive outcomes resulting from a deeply held moral identity, while overlooking potential negative social consequences for the moral individual. Drawing from Benign Violation Theory, the authors explore the tension between moral identity and humor, and the downstream workplace consequence of such tension.