Designing a Humorous Workplace: Improving and Retaining Employee's Happiness

Marvin Andujar; Anton Nijholt; Juan E. Gilbert

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-41661-8_66

Designing a Humorous Workplace: Improving and Retaining Employee's Happiness

Marvin Andujar, Anton Nijholt, Juan E. Gilbert

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Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the possibilities of adapting humorous smart technologies to the workplace. Also, we discuss the precautions that need to be taken when introducing the theories of humor. We explore adapting the theories of humor and their pros and cons of their content in the workplace. We believe their adaptation will will help current and future employees at companies to improve and retain their happiness. We also provide a brief explanation of the different types of humorous technologies: multi-modal, physical, and virtual and how they can be beneficial in the workplace. Suggestions of how to evaluate these systems are also provided.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Affective and Pleasurable Design, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA
Editors	WonJoon Chung, Cliff Sungsoo Shin
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	683-693
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-41660-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41661-8_66
Publication status	Published - 27 Jul 2016
Event	AHFE 2016 International Conference on Affective and Pleasurable Design - Walt Disney World® Resort, Orlando, United States Duration: 27 Jul 2016 → 31 Jul 2016 Conference number: 7

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Volume	483
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

Conference

Conference	AHFE 2016 International Conference on Affective and Pleasurable Design
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando
Period	27/07/16 → 31/07/16

Keywords

HMI-HF: Human Factors
HMI-IE: Information Engineering
User experience
Humorous smart technologies
Humorous workplace
Human computer interaction
Computational humor

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Andujar, M., Nijholt, A., & Gilbert, J. E. (2016). Designing a Humorous Workplace: Improving and Retaining Employee's Happiness. In W. Chung, & C. Sungsoo Shin (Eds.), Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Affective and Pleasurable Design, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA (pp. 683-693). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 483). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41661-8_66

Andujar, Marvin ; Nijholt, Anton ; Gilbert, Juan E. / Designing a Humorous Workplace: Improving and Retaining Employee's Happiness. Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Affective and Pleasurable Design, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA. editor / WonJoon Chung ; Cliff Sungsoo Shin. Switzerland : Springer, 2016. pp. 683-693 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Andujar, M, Nijholt, A & Gilbert, JE 2016, Designing a Humorous Workplace: Improving and Retaining Employee's Happiness. in W Chung & C Sungsoo Shin (eds), Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Affective and Pleasurable Design, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 483, Springer, Switzerland, pp. 683-693, AHFE 2016 International Conference on Affective and Pleasurable Design, Orlando, Florida, United States, 27/07/16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41661-8_66

Designing a Humorous Workplace: Improving and Retaining Employee's Happiness. / Andujar, Marvin; Nijholt, Anton; Gilbert, Juan E.
Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Affective and Pleasurable Design, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA. ed. / WonJoon Chung; Cliff Sungsoo Shin. Switzerland: Springer, 2016. p. 683-693 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 483).

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Andujar M, Nijholt A, Gilbert JE. Designing a Humorous Workplace: Improving and Retaining Employee's Happiness. In Chung W, Sungsoo Shin C, editors, Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Affective and Pleasurable Design, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA. Switzerland: Springer. 2016. p. 683-693. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-41661-8_66

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