Why you seriously need to stop trying to be funny at work

By Peter McGraw, Professor of Marketing and Psychology, University of Colorado Boulder
Adam Barsky, Associate Professor of Management, The University of Melbourne
Caleb Warren, Professor of Marketing, University of Arizona

How can you get ahead in your career and still enjoy the ride?

One solution offered in business books, LinkedIn posts and team-building manuals is to use humor. Sharing jokes, sarcastic quips, ironic memes and witty anecdotes, the advice goes, will make you more likable, ease stress, strengthen teams, spark creativity and even signal leadership potential.

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