Repository logo
 

Humor styles and leadership styles: community college presidents

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorCarrica, Jennifer L., author
dc.contributor.authorMakela, Carole, advisor
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-13T18:50:56Z
dc.date.available2024-03-13T18:50:56Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between leadership styles (transformational, transactional, laissez-faire) and humor styles (affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive, self-defeating) of community college presidents. Research has shown that humor and leadership styles are related and that humor may enhance interpersonal relationships between leaders and followers. Participants of this study included 166 community college presidents from 600 randomly sampled institutions belonging to the American Association of Community Colleges. The presidents completed an online survey including a relatively new humor questionnaire, the Humor Style Questionnaire, as well as a leadership questionnaire, the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire. This study proposed that affiliative and self-enhancing humor would be positively related to transformational and transactional leadership styles; while aggressive and self-defeating humor would be negatively related to transformational and transactional leadership styles. Additionally, it was hypothesized that the four humor styles would be negatively related to the laissez-faire leadership style.
dc.description.abstractIn sum, affiliative and self-enhancing humor had a positive relationship with transformational leadership. Self-enhancing humor also had a positive relationship with the contingent-reward subscale of transactional leadership; while aggressive humor was inversely related to transformational leadership and to the contingent-reward subscale of transactional leadership. No significant relationships were found between humor styles and the laissez-faire leadership style.
dc.description.abstractExploratory analyses were conducted to investigate demographic variables. Females (n = 44) scored significantly higher than males (n = 119) on self-enhancing humor and transformational leadership. Age and years of experience were significantly and negatively related to affiliative humor.
dc.description.abstractBased on the findings of this study, one could suggest that community college presidents may be more likely to utilize affiliative and self-enhancing humor when utilizing transformational and transactional leadership styles. Additionally, presidents may be less likely to utilize aggressive humor when using these leadership styles. The findings support previous research in the general premise that humor and leadership are related. However, the findings of this study also highlight the multiple variations of how these two constructs may be associated and interact.
dc.description.abstractResearch should continue with other populations and in relation to humor styles and leadership styles as perceived by others.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumdoctoral dissertations
dc.identifierETDF_Carrica_2009_3400987.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/237627
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
dc.rightsCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.
dc.rights.licensePer the terms of a contractual agreement, all use of this item is limited to the non-commercial use of Colorado State University and its authorized users.
dc.subjectcommunity college presidents
dc.subjecthumor styles
dc.subjectleadership
dc.subjectcommunity college education
dc.subjecteducational leadership
dc.subjecthumor
dc.subjectcollege presidents
dc.subjecthigher education administration
dc.titleHumor styles and leadership styles: community college presidents
dc.typeText
dcterms.rights.dplaThis Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights (https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/). You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
thesis.degree.disciplineEducation
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
ETDF_Carrica_2009_3400987.pdf
Size:
1 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

2000-2019
Theses and Dissertations