Supervisor Humor as a Predictor of Employee Voice and Intention to Quit

The purpose of this study was to better understand how supervisors’ use of positive humor affects subordinates’ articulated dissent and intention to quit. The study presents a hypothesized model in which supervisors’ successful use of humor, as mediated through homophily and job satisfaction, accounts for subordinates’ articulated dissent and intention to quit. However, the results support a trimmed model in which supervisors’ use of humor predicted subordinates’ articulated dissent and intention to quit, mediated by job satisfaction only. Additionally, implications and recommendations based on the findings are presented.