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HUMOR STYLES AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG BUSINESS SCHOOL STUDENTS IN INDIA

Surya Kumar, R.K. Prema, B. Arul Senthil

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The sense of humor is one of the differentiating behavioral trait which exists in human beings comparing to other species. However there are ample studies which have been done in the literature of humor. There are not much literature evidences relating the humor styles with sense of belonging among business students. Sense of belonging exists within every individual and it decides their level of commitment towards their community or team. It is a subjective feeling of an individual’s significance in a group. There are certain humor styles which fosters team oriented behavior. Present study is conducted among business students in India identifying the humor styles and its impact on their sense of Belonging. A total of 125 full time MBA students from Business schools of Bangalore, India were involved in the study. The instruments used were Humor styles Questionnaire (HSQ) and Psychological Sense of Belonging (SOBI-P).The results shows that the students who can able to maintain the humour sense even in the difficult situations are more likely to experience community and peer acceptance, positive sense of belonging to the business school.

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The sense of humor is one of the differentiating behavioral trait which exists in human beings comparing to other species. However there are ample studies which have been done in the literature of humor. There are not much literature evidences relating the humor styles with sense of belonging among business students. Sense of belonging exists within every individual and it decides their level of commitment towards their community or team. It is a subjective feeling of an individual’s significance in a group. There are certain humor styles which fosters team oriented behavior. Present study is conducted among business students in India identifying the humor styles and its impact on their sense of Belonging. A total of 125 full time MBA students from Business schools of Bangalore, India were involved in the study. The instruments used were Humor styles Questionnaire (HSQ) and Psychological Sense of Belonging (SOBI-P).The results shows that the students who can able to maintain the humour sense even in the difficult situations are more likely to experience community and peer acceptance, positive sense of belonging to the business school.

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The sense of humor is one of the differentiating behavioral trait which exists in human beings comparing to other species. However there are ample studies which have been done in the literature of humor. There are not much literature evidences relating the humor styles with sense of belonging among business students. Sense of belonging exists within every individual and it decides their level of commitment towards their community or team. It is a subjective feeling of an individual’s significance in a group. There are certain humor styles which fosters team oriented behavior. Present study is conducted among business students in India identifying the humor styles and its impact on their sense of Belonging. A total of 125 full time MBA students from Business schools of Bangalore, India were involved in the study. The instruments used were Humor styles Questionnaire (HSQ) and Psychological Sense of Belonging (SOBI-P).The results shows that the students who can able to maintain the humour sense even in the difficult situations are more likely to experience community and peer acceptance, positive sense of belonging to the business school.

Key concepts: Sense of humor, Feeling, Sense of community, Psychology, Social psychology, Trait, Computer science, Programming language

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