Date of Award

Spring 6-6-2018

Document Type

Honors Project

University Scholars Director

Dr. Christine Chaney

First Advisor/Committee Member

Dr. Ruth Ediger

Second Advisor/Committee Member

Mark Oppenlander

Keywords

humor, female, leadership, workplace, female leadership, professionalism

Abstract

This research investigates the relationship between humor, gender, and leadership effectiveness. To explore the relationship between these factors, I asked individuals what they thought about the relationship between humor and their experiences with female leaders. For this research, female is defined as a person who identifies as a woman. Humor is defined as the act of making jokes to elicit a response. My research focuses on the relationship between humor and female leadership as measured by individuals’ attitudes. The results show that some people believe there is a correlation between humor and female leadership, but does not prove conclusively that there is a correlation between the two factors. This preliminary research uses the variable of people’s attitudes towards this relationship, instead of measuring the correlation between variables of humor and female leadership.

Comments

A project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the University Scholars Program.

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