Robert, C. and Moake, T.R. (2021), "Gender, formal organizational status and humor use: perceptions of social acceptance", Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. PDF.
Management,
Management Advisory Board
Christopher Robert
Management Department Chair and Pinkney C. Walker Professor of Teaching Excellence
Chris Robert currently serves as the Management Department Chair and Pinkney C. Walker Professor of Teaching Excellence in the Trulaske College of Business. He served as the interim dean of the Trulaske College of Business from 2021 to July, 2023, and as the associate dean for graduate programs and research from 2017 to 2021. He received his PhD from the University of Illinois in industrial/organizational psychology. He studies humor at work, as well as cross-cultural management, workplace conflict, and work groups and teams. His research has appeared in publications such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Management, Human Relations, Journal of Business and Psychology, and Group and Organizational Behavior. He is the editor of the book The Psychology of Humor at Work (2017, Psychology Press).
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1998; M.A. University of Illinois, 1995; B.A. University of Vermont, 1992
Publications
Robert, C. & Wall, J. E. (2019). Humor in Civil Case Mediations: A Functional Approach. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 32(3), 361-391. PDF.
Robert, C., & da Motta Veiga, S. P. (2017). Conversational humor and job satisfaction at work: Exploring the role of humor production, appreciation, and positive affect. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research. PDF.
Robert, C. (Ed.). (2017). Humor at Work: A Psychological Perspective. In Current Issues in Work and Organizational Psychology (Arnold Bakker, Series Ed.). East Sussex, UK: Routledge (Psychology Press).
Robert, C., Dunne, T., & Iun, J. (2016). The impact of leader humor on subordinate job satisfaction: The crucial role of leader-subordinate relationship quality. Group and Organization Management, 41(3), 375-406. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601115598719