Summary
Talking about humor in organizations is rare, even meaningless, since we have become used to the fact that work will only be carried out with working hours, to comply with certain guidelines and to develop specific activities for our positions.
Trust can be built if humor is used in an effective way, since constantly, that positive face that we are showing in an authentic way reveals the type of person we are, this causes that the image of a person should not always be shown Serious professional. People who are usually authentic and personable tend to quickly gain the trust of workers, their coworkers, and even their customers.
1. Introduction
When we hear the term humor at work, the first images that invade our minds are of a group of coworkers laughing and playing pranks, but it is a concept that is somewhat removed from what the term refers to. When we talk about this topic, we want to get to the point that humor is the way in which we overcome our problems, our condition of facing them, the attitude we adopt. We will focus on how this can be transmitted and the effects they can have on a work day
“Humor has an advantage in itself for people to efficiently approach their work” (Management, 2013) without a doubt that a person with a good humor has an advantage over others, since they are more dynamic and can carry out their tasks more easily.
2. Background
"… In most cases, humor does not hurt, quite the contrary" (Agencies., 2009) it is believed that humor and its effects are the core of an organization. In studies carried out they could realize that having humor did not affect your leadership ability. Behavior is the fundamental basis of this, because how we behave reflects the individual's sense of humor.
3. Development
Every morning we face various circumstances that hinder the arrival at our respective work centers, either working or as it is in our case as students at our study site. From transportation, passing through traffic culminating in a bad treatment before arrival, being late and dealing with the refusal to enter the classroom by sarcastic or incomprehensible teachers, immediately afterwards the task is forgotten, the teacher shows the lack and also we sanctions, annoying colleagues who mock that situation, anyway! It seems that our morning has been a real disaster. This situation is defining now and what remains of the day will be lousy and will not have the same performance in the work to be done.
It is really true? We have all had bad mornings. But does mood affect both the rest of the day and especially their performance at work? After all, some people like stress; For others, perhaps starting work will help them get rid of the bad mood with which they started the day.
“Based on my experience and the experience of many others, people are not able to separate and compartmentalize the different parts of their lives. There is a certain spillover effect between the multiple roles that people adopt ”(Rothbard, 2006)
And that behavior is evidenced in many work offices, continuing with the academic context, for example, a teacher who is known for his unique humor, dynamic towards the class and a pleasant speaker, had a difficult morning and immediately faces a group of students, this one whether or not, in an unconscious way will treat in a different way to their class, perhaps, the lesson they teach may turn apathetic, there will be no activities and the teacher will be grumpy and without patience for their listeners, then if you take it out on any of your students in particular for any situation; When the teacher leaves, he will sulk and adopt the same position as his teacher towards the other teachers who appear during the morning, so was there a spill effect? Of course,because of a teacher who did not know how to separate his subjects and differentiated that one subject cannot contaminate the rest, he has affected an entire class or a particular student and therefore this student will imitate the attitude with which he was treated and it is possible that Continue to transmit this to your other teachers or classmates. But what if the teacher had come to his class as usual? The effect would be the opposite. So can we conclude that both a positive and negative attitude can affect our productivity? Well, we only need to do a self-assessment, the humor with which we started our day will be reflected in the result of our work without question.It has affected an entire class or a particular student and therefore this student will imitate the attitude with which he was treated and it is possible that he will continue to transmit it with his other teachers or classmates. But what if the teacher had come to his class as usual? The effect would be the opposite. So can we conclude that both a positive and negative attitude can affect our productivity? Well, we only need to do a self-assessment, the humor with which we started our day will be reflected in the result of our work without question.It has affected an entire class or a particular student and therefore this student will imitate the attitude with which he was treated and it is possible that he will continue to transmit it with his other teachers or classmates. But what if the teacher had come to his class as usual? The effect would be the opposite. So can we conclude that both a positive and negative attitude can affect our productivity? Well, we only need to do a self-assessment, the humor with which we started our day will be reflected in the result of our work without question.Can we conclude that both a positive and negative attitude can affect our productivity? Well, we only need to do a self-assessment, the humor with which we started our day will be reflected in the result of our work without question.Can we conclude that both a positive and negative attitude can affect our productivity? Well, we only need to do a self-assessment, the humor with which we started our day will be reflected in the result of our work without question.
Humor in the same way helps and benefits communication and conflict resolution as well as can influence decision-making, and it helps you to have another vision of problems, because it shows you in a simpler way and helps to find optimal solutions. Having a good time helps us to have an exceptional creativity that serves us when we find ourselves in difficult and inopportune times.
In short, the humor of one person influences the other and, therefore, in the work atmosphere, a study was made with a team of staff, to be more explicit with a group of telephone operators, customer service area. These 29 workers have around 64 calls to attend, when the mood of the representatives was good and the client was also in a good mood, the mood of the representatives was still good, but when the case was the opposite, it did not usually worsen when the client was also in a bad mood. This suggests that the bad mood of the clients has less effect or that the representatives are desensitized in these situations.
This gives us an idea, we have to be emotionally intelligent and not let the environment affect us or, failing that, allow it to spread to our workplace. That is why the humor we have at work is decisive to cope with the rest of our day.
4. Conclusion
Despite the fact that humor does not disturb quality or quantity but rather the atmosphere and working conditions, depending on the mood in which one operates, the mind relaxes, becomes more creative and can reach the solutions that I was looking for faster.
"I think the interesting thing about these discoveries is that the good humor with which you go to work has a tremendously powerful effect," says Rothbard.
But now the question is that if large and not-so-large organizations carry out activities, integration days, motivational actions, etc. in order to change the previous tune with which the collaborator arrived at his workplace, all this will cause the partner to fit in with the place and propose to start the work day with the desired and correct attitude. So let's get to work future entrepreneurs! They know how to harmonize and adjust the condition with which they want their business or group of collaborating partners to operate.
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