Abstract:
Should we allow having fun at work or using humor in business? People say that work is
seriously, tight, and stressful. But in the research result end up with a lot of cases and
examples that telling we allow having fun environment at workplace is improving the
work and effectively helping the recruitment, recruitment, and retention. More companies
encouraging having a fun environment at work. Providing a fun atmosphere can also
increase the profits. Companies using humor to success their goals.
Outline:
• From 4 peer-reviewed and 3 other articles showing why having fun at work is good and
getting success.
I. Does fun work? The complexity of promoting fun at work
II. Fun for everyone
III. Have fun, make money: Can humor increase workplace effectiveness?
IV. Work or Fun? How Task Construal and Completion Influence Regulatory Behavior
V. Making work fun–doing business with a sense of humor
VI. When business can be fun
VII. Questions and Answers about Fun at Work
I. Does fun work? The complexity of promoting fun at work
a. Promoting fun at work from 1980’s till now
b. The ‘founding of fathers’ of ‘fun at work’
c. The‘fun’, ‘play’, and ‘humor’ could be used to energize and motivate employees
II. Fun for everyone
d. ‘Fun at work’ is no longer an oxymoron
e. What grows companies to providing fun at work
f. Important asset
III. Have fun, make money: Can humor increase workplace effectiveness?
g. Humor has seldom been taken seriously by organizational scientists
h. Humor is multi-dimensional
i. Benefits of use of humor
IV. Work or Fun? How Task Construal and Completion Influence Regulatory Behavior
j. Extrinsically motivated
k. Intrinsically motivated
l. Volitional behaviors are construed as an opportunity to have fun
V. When business can be fun
m. Douglas McGregor’s management philosophies “Theory X” and “Theory Y”
n. Use humor in advertising
o. Humor in training
VI. Making work fun–doing business with a sense of humor
p. Humor’s positive powers
q. Humorist side
r. Use humor in business presentations
VII. Questions and Answers about Fun at Work
s. “Fun at work” environments and their importance
t. Employees
u. Organization
The first concept about promoting fun at workplace is in the early 1980’s in management
publications till now, and this concept was already part of companies’ corporate culture in
the 21th century. It has over 30 years resulting today affected a lot of companies’ corporate
culture from work as a serious and deadpan activity to have fun, party, and play at work.
Deal and Kennedy were the founder fathers of fun at work promotion. They believed that
this is positively to energize and motivate employees and helps the company turn into a
