Affiliative Humour and Employee Resilience in Public Interventionist Agencies in South-South, Nigeria
This study examined the relationship between affiliative humour and employee responsiveness in public interventionist agencies in South-South, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive design. Primary data was generated through structured questionnaire. The population of this study was 2925 employees of the ten public interventionist agencies in South-South, Nigeria. The sample size for the study was therefore be 394 obtained using the Taro Yamane sample size determination formulation. Furthermore, the reliability of the instrument was achieved by the use of the Cronbach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring above 0.70. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficient. The tests were carried out at a 0.05 significance level. Findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between affiliative humour and employee responsiveness in public interventionist agencies in South-South, Nigeria. Therefore, the study concludes that the affiliative humour, positively enhances employee responsiveness in public interventionist agencies in South-South, Nigeria. Thus, the study recommends that managers in public interventionist agencies should promote a positive and supportive work environment that encourages the use of affiliative humour among employees. By using humour to build social connections, create a positive atmosphere, and enhance teamwork. Managers can lead by example and actively engage in positive and inclusive humour.
Keywords: Affiliative Humour, Employee Responsiveness, Agility, Responsiveness, Resourcefulness
