During the past two decades, the burgeoning literature on leader humor has documented various ways that humor enables leadership effectiveness. Yet there are problems of construct clarity and measurement associated with leader humor, as well as unanswered questions related to the theoretical frameworks and predictive value of leader humor. We provide a systematic review on leader humor, in which we address the issues of constructs—trait humor versus (behavioral) humor expression—and associated measures, discuss the main and emerging theoretical frameworks, assess the empirical literature via a meta-analysis and path analyses, and offer directions for future research. Our review not only offers theoretical insights for this research area, but also presents empirical gaps and opportunities through a quantitative summary.

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领导者幽默的研究现状

在过去的二十年中，关于领导者幽默的新兴文献记录了幽默使领导有效的各种方式。然而，存在与领导者幽默相关的结构清晰和度量问题，以及与领导者幽默的理论框架和预测价值相关的未解决问题。我们对领导者幽默进行了系统的综述，其中我们探讨了建构幽默（特质幽默与（行为）幽默表达）及相关措施的问题，讨论了主要和新兴的理论框架，通过荟萃分析和路径评估了经验文献。分析，并为将来的研究提供指导。我们的评论不仅提供了该研究领域的理论见解，而且还通过定量总结提出了经验上的差距和机遇。