EXPLORING THE ROLE OF FUN IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT CREATIVE PERFORMANCE AND JOB STRESS A CASE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-I).26      10.31703/gssr.2018(III-I).26      Published : Mar 1
Authored by : MuhammadTufail , NazimAli , SardarAlamKhan

26 Pages : 447-459

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  • Amabile, T. M. (1996). Creativity in context. WestView. https://doi.org/10.2320/matertrans.47.1269
  • Belkin, L. (2007). When Whippersnappers and Geezers Collide New York Times 07/26/2007. New York Times. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13398-014-0173- 7.2
  • Caudron, S. (1992). Humor is healthy in the workplace. Personnel Journal.
  • Ching, Y. H., & In, C. Y. (2010). Workplace Fun and Job Satisfaction: The Moderating Effects of Attitudes toward Fun. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Baptist University.
  • Collinson, D. L. (2002). Managing humour. Journal of management studies, 39(3), 269-288.
  • Cook, K. (2008). Fun at Work: Construct Definition and Perceived Impact in Workplace. School of Psychology Griffith Health, Griffith Unversity
  • Curry, J. P., Wakefield, D. S., Price, J. L., & Mueller, C. W. (1986). On the causal ordering of job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Academy of Management Journal, 29(4), 847-858.
  • Decker, W. H. W. (2012). Unauthorized fun at work (goofing off): Predictors and implications. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 3(5), 1-8.
  • Dessler, G. (1999). How to earn your employees' commitment. The Academy of Management Executive. https://doi.org/10.5465/AME.1999.1899549
  • Duerden, M. D., Courtright, S. H., & Widmer, M. A. (2018). Why People Play at Work: A Theoretical Examination of Leisure-at-Work. Leisure Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2017.1327829
  • Fluegge, E. R. (2008). Who put the fun in functional? Fun at work and its effects on job performance. The University of Florida. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107415324.004
  • Ford, R. C., Newstrom, J. W., & Mclaughlin, F. S. (2004). Making workplace fun more functional. Industrial and Commercial Training. https://doi.org/10.1108/00197850410532131
  • Friedman, R. S., Förster, J., & Denzler, M. (2007). Interactive effects of mood and task framing on creative generation. Creativity Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400410701397206
  • Hemsath, D., & Yerkes, L. (2010).
  • Hughes, L. W. (2009). Leader levity: The effects of a leader's humor delivery on followers' positive emotions and creative performance. Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management.
  • Lang, J. C., & Lee, C. H. (2010). Workplace humor and organizational creativity. International Journal of Human Resource Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585190903466855
  • Mariotti, J. (1999). A company that plays together, stays together. Industry Week, 248(6), 63.
  • Martin, R. A., Kuiper, N. A., Olinger, L. J., & Dance, K. A. (1993). Humor, coping with stress, self-concept, and psychological well-being1. Humor. https://doi.org/10.1515/humr.1993.6.1.89
  • Mcdowell, T. (2005). Fun at work: Scale development, confirmatory factor analysis, and links to organizational outcomes. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering
  • Newman, M. G., & Stone, A. A. (1996). Does humor moderate the effects of experimentally-induced stress? Annals of Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02909582
  • Plester, B., & Hutchison, A. (2016). Fun times: the relationship between fun and workplace engagement. Employee Relations, 38(3), 332-350.
  • Romero, E. J., & Cruthirds, K. W. (2006). The use of humor in the workplace. IEEE Engineering Management Review. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2006.261378
  • Safranek, R., & Schill, T. (1982). Coping with stress: Does humor help. Psychological Reports, 51(1), 222-222.
  • Saunders, M., Lewis, P., & Thornhill, A. (2017). Research Methods for Business Students (Fifth edition). Nervenheilkunde. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2010.528484
  • Srivastava, S. (2013). Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Relationship: Effect of Personality Variables. Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972262912483529
  • Susa, A. M. (2002). Humor type, organizational climate, and outcomes: The shortest distance between an organization's environment and the bottom line is laughter. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. https://doi.org/10.16953/deusbed.74839
  • Tews, M. J., Michel, J., Xu, S., & Drost, A. J. (2015). Workplace fun matters … but what else? Employee Relations. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-10-2013- 0152
  • Yin, R. K. (2002). Applications of case study research. Applied Social Research Methods series. https://doi.org/10.1097/FCH.0b013e31822dda9e
  • Yovetich, N. A., Dale, A., & Hudak, M. A. (1990). OF HUMOR I N REDUCTION OF THREAT-INDUCED ANXIETY '. O Psychological Reports. https://doi.org/10.2466/PR0.66.1.51-58
  • Ziv, A. (1976). Facilitating effects of humor on creativity. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.68.3.318

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    APA : Tufail, M., Ali, N., & Khan, S. A. (2018). Exploring the Role of Fun in Organizational Commitment, Creative Performance, and Job Stress: A Case of Higher Education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Global Social Sciences Review, III(I), 447-459. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-I).26
    CHICAGO : Tufail, Muhammad, Nazim Ali, and Sardar Alam Khan. 2018. "Exploring the Role of Fun in Organizational Commitment, Creative Performance, and Job Stress: A Case of Higher Education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." Global Social Sciences Review, III (I): 447-459 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2018(III-I).26
    HARVARD : TUFAIL, M., ALI, N. & KHAN, S. A. 2018. Exploring the Role of Fun in Organizational Commitment, Creative Performance, and Job Stress: A Case of Higher Education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Global Social Sciences Review, III, 447-459.
    MHRA : Tufail, Muhammad, Nazim Ali, and Sardar Alam Khan. 2018. "Exploring the Role of Fun in Organizational Commitment, Creative Performance, and Job Stress: A Case of Higher Education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." Global Social Sciences Review, III: 447-459
    MLA : Tufail, Muhammad, Nazim Ali, and Sardar Alam Khan. "Exploring the Role of Fun in Organizational Commitment, Creative Performance, and Job Stress: A Case of Higher Education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." Global Social Sciences Review, III.I (2018): 447-459 Print.
    OXFORD : Tufail, Muhammad, Ali, Nazim, and Khan, Sardar Alam (2018), "Exploring the Role of Fun in Organizational Commitment, Creative Performance, and Job Stress: A Case of Higher Education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa", Global Social Sciences Review, III (I), 447-459
    TURABIAN : Tufail, Muhammad, Nazim Ali, and Sardar Alam Khan. "Exploring the Role of Fun in Organizational Commitment, Creative Performance, and Job Stress: A Case of Higher Education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." Global Social Sciences Review III, no. I (2018): 447-459. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-I).26