University of Tasmania, Australia

Mr Daryl Peebles

Graduate Research Candidate

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Project title: The value of humour in the workplace

Abstract
Workers with a well-developed sense of appropriate humour are likely to have higher scores in PsyCap considerations (Hope, Efficacy, Resilience and Optimism); will record higher job satisfaction scores; lower absenteeism rates and are more likely to be committed to the The aim of the study is to determine whether a workplace in which employees are encouraged to 'take their job seriously but take themselves lightly', is measurably 'better'in terms of performance and productivity.

Possible Hypotheses

1. There is a positive correlation between humour in the workplace and staff retention.
2. There is a negative correlation between humour in the workplace and absenteeism.
3. There is a positive correlation between humour in the workplace and job satisfaction.
4. There is a positive correlation between humour in the workplace and PsyCap measures.

Keywords
Workplace, humour, PsyCap, culture, retention, satisfaction.