Being funny without being offensive is of paramount importance. This is particularly true for women, as a robust literature shows women face harsher backlash than men for behavior seen as offensive or ...

Cracking jokes in the office might seem like a shortcut to likability or leadership. But new research shows that humor at work is a gamble, and the costs of a flop are often greater than the rewards ...

Despite the rise in opportunities to work from home, the "9 to 5" continues to prevail as the most common full-time work schedule, along with all of the ups and downs that come with it. Even if you ...

Over Jayna Fey’s 15 years in the workforce, she’s been called too assertive, too comfortable, too “frowny,” too familiar. Accurate or not, she used to make self-deprecating jokes about these traits.

In every social group, people fit into a status hierarchy. The workplace is no exception. Many try to climb the status ladder by logging long hours, volunteering for additional assignments and ...

This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. When I was in my first job after college, about 30 years ago, my boss was a woman also named Michele. To distinguish between us, co-workers ...

On the stage at The Drum Live this week, a panel of experts on marketing humor broke down the (serious!) commercial case for funny work.

John Caples, the legend in direct-response advertising who wrote the famous "They laughed when ..." ads, had strong feelings how to sell stuff with jokes. And his feelings boiled down to this: Stop ...

Professor Peter McGraw and writer Joel Warner talk to Co.Create about the academic and scientific research they conducted while writing their book, The Humor Code, all in service of determining why ...