Why do we laugh at movies like Office Space or shows like The Office? What’s so funny about work? For one student in the GGSC’s online Foundations of Happiness at Work course, humor is found in ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most people default to safe but forgettable answers like “fine” or “good, you? which might be honest but rarely spark ...

Looking for a punny time? That's where these work-from-home jokes come in! Working from home sure had its rocky start, but now it’s become our new normal, and we admit, it does have its perks! No one ...

A professor and a comedian walk into Stanford’s business school … and explain why humor in the workplace can be good for both morale and the bottom line. By Corinne Purtill The DealBook newsletter ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kim Elsesser covers issues that impact women in the workplace. There's no shortage of advice for female leaders, and the latest is ...