Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2022/Humour, leadership, and work

Wording of title of topic

Heya, love how you have all the points already listed out even though it is just the early stages if your page. I do suggest though that you just use " Humour, leadership and work: How does humour influence workplace motivation?" rather than "HUMOUR, leadership, and work: HOW does Humour influence workplace motivation?" Since it looks a bit neater and more presentable. Totally understandable if you want to do your title like that to attract more attention. CNK.20 (discuss • contribs) 10:29, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, your page is very clear and set out very well, congratulations! I would love to see maybe how humour develops? This would be beneficial in the history section as humour is developed before one joins a workplace environment. --GeorgiaFairweather (discuss • contribs) 10:59, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

General tips

Hi Braedy, just providing some feedback as per your discussion forum request. I noticed that all but your first section are part of the second section (humour, leadership and work), even your conclusion, and just thought it might look a bit better overall and on your contents section if you make some of them separate, rather than having only 2 main sections. I realise you're obviously still working on it but also thought I would suggest adding a few case studies and other features throughout. Lastly my other advice is to have a look at your links down the bottom because the see also ones need to be properly formatted and the other links section need to include the name of the website (whether it is a Youtube link or otherwise, etc.). Hope that helps! Ana028 (discuss • contribs) 00:01, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Just some feedback

Hey Braedy, just some feed back. Overall your book topic looks like its coming along quite well! The layout of the page is easy to follow, just some paragraphs are quite large and have slight grammatical errors, particularly in The Contemporary History paragraph. Just rereading and making sure sentences are capitalised and aren't to lengthy. --U3230861 (discuss • contribs) 02:36, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello, as I was reading through this chapter - I found it really interesting how a sense of humor questionnaire existed. I never really gave humor too much thought before but reading how that questionnaire is broken down into 3 categories in order to interpret humor intrigued me to try it myself or on those around me. I appreciate how you have written in a way that is easy to follow along and breaking down concepts is much more easy to digest. Feedback regarding writing: I think there are some grammatical errors every now and then and some statements require citations. Other than that I really enjoyed reading this chapter. --Ishiuc (discuss • contribs) 14:00, 16 October 2023 (GMT-5)

Heading casing

Hi U3210264. FYI, the recommended Wikiversity heading style uses sentence casing. For example: Self-determination theory rather than Self-Determination Theory Here's an example chapter with correct heading casing: Growth mindset development -- Jtneill - Talk - c 02:50, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

Topic development feedback

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Title The title is correctly worded and formatted The sub-title is not correctly worded and formatted If you would like to renegotiate the topic title or sub-title, get in touch to discuss User page Excellent – used effectively Description about self provided Consider linking to your eportfolio page and/or any other professional online profile or resume such as LinkedIn. This is not required, but it can be useful to interlink your professional networks. Link provided to book chapter (consider renaming the link per Tutorial 01) Social contribution Excellent – at least one contribution has been made and summarised in a numbered list with direct link(s) to evidence Use a numbered list (per Tutorial 01) Headings See earlier comment about Heading casing The key here will be to first, clarify the exact topic Then consider focus questions Then make sure that the headings are very clearly mapped to the focus question topics and sub-title Promising 2-level heading structure; consider reducing the overall number of headings Remove colons Consider using more descriptive headings Key points Excellent – key points are well developed for each section, with relevant citations Overview - Consider adding: shorter paragraphs; punchier, briefer section an evocative description of the problem and what will be covered only one image an example or case study Move detailed info into a subsequent section Good balance of theory and research Include more in-text interwiki links for the first mention of key terms to relevant Wikipedia articles and/or to other relevant book chapters. Avoid over use of quotes Promising use of an example; Consider including more examples/case studies Conclusion (the most important section): Well developed Figure Excellent – A relevant figure is presented and it is appropriately captioned Cite each figure at least once in the main text Consider increasing image size from to make it easier to view References Excellent Resources See also See Tutorial 01 for how to add links to relevant book chapters and Wikipedia pages External links Very good Include source in brackets after link

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 10:46, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Humor in the workplace

Hi, Regarding your questions on Canvas, I have found that, depending on the organisation, humour can be used well or poorly. I have worked in a place where the boss used humour to make fun of people who were not around - they weren't rude or terribly mean, but they did make fun of the men (behind their backs to the women) for clogging up the toilet. In other organisations, humour has been used between the boss and the managers, but humour was only used in the presence of people of equal status (e.g., when all of the executives are together), and humour was not used in front of people lower down on the workplace ladder.

In the second organisation mentioned, humour was used to lighten the mood, motivate people to continue, or to just pass the time - sometimes we would be working together from 6pm-1am so humour was a welcomed and necessary after a long day (e.g., for me at uni) and then to continue working until the early hours of the morning.

I think humour needs to be used wisely, as in the second place, we happily made fun of ourselves and each other and it did not change any dynamics or make us feel uncomfortable. Whereas in the first example, it made me feel a little uncomfortable knowing the boss spoke about their employees behind their back in such a way. Of course the boss will talk about you but it definitely made me rethink how much I should talk to the others just in case things ended up with the boss. We weren't on an even playing field, and there was 1 boss, and then everyone else. At the second place, the execs 1) made fun of themselves as well as each other, and 2) only spoke about the people present - sometimes we spoke about others (e.g., X is currently talking with the venue and we will know more later this week) but we didn't use other people as the butt of our jokes.

Hope this helps! U3216256 (discuss • contribs) 06:16, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Book chapter review and feedback

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Overall Overall, this is a basic, but sufficient, chapter The main issues are that the chapter is: well over the maximum word count. The content beyond 4000 words has been ignored for marking purposes (i.e. approximately the Conclusion onwards). uses below professional-standard written expression there is too much focus on humour in general in the first half of the chapter; summarise and focus on humour, leadership, and work (which is better in the second half) For additional feedback, see the following comments and these copyedits Overview The Overview is underdeveloped Focus more directly on humour at work and in leadership Consider introducing a case study or example or using an image to help engage reader interest Add focus questions in a feature box to help guide the reader and structure the chapter Theory – Breadth Basic but sufficient coverage of relevant theory is provided There is too much general theoretical material (e.g., philosophy, history, measurement). Instead, summarise and link to further information (such as other book chapters or Wikipedia articles), to allow this chapter to focus on the specific topic (i.e., the sub-title question). Build more strongly on other related chapters (e.g., by embedding links to other chapters) Theory – Depth Basic depth is provided about the selected theory(ies) Tables and/or lists could be used more effectively to help clearly convey key theoretical information More examples could be useful to illustrate key concepts Research – Key findings Basic overview of relevant research More detail about key studies would be ideal Greater emphasis on effect sizes, major reviews, and/or meta-analyses would be helpful Research – Critical thinking Basic critical thinking about relevant research is evident Critical thinking about research could be further evidenced by: describing the methodology in important studies discussing the direction of relationships considering the strength of relationships acknowledging limitations pointing out critiques/counterarguments suggesting specific directions for future research Some claims are unreferenced (e.g., see the tags) Integration There is basic integration between theory and research Conclusion Ignored for marking purposes due to being over the word count Written expression – Style Written expression Overall, the quality of written expression is below professional standard. UC Study Skills assistance is recommended to help improve writing skills Some paragraphs are overly long. Each paragraph should communicate one key idea in three to five sentences Use gender-neutral language (e.g., mankind -> humankind, s/he -> they) Layout Sections which branch into sub-sections should include an introductory paragraph before branching into the sub-sections Grammar The grammar for some sentences could be improved (e.g., see the tags). Grammar-checking tools are available in most internet browsers and word processing software packages. Another option is to share draft work with peers and ask for their assistance. Check and make correct use of commas Check and correct use of possessive apostrophes (e.g., cats vs cat's vs cats')[1] Abbreviations Check and correct grammatical formatting for abbreviations (such as e.g., i.e., etc.) Abbreviations (such as e.g., i.e., et al., etc.) should only be used inside parentheses Spelling Spelling can be improved (e.g., see the tags). Spell-checking tools are available in most internet browsers and word processing software packages. Use Australian spelling (e.g., hypothesize vs. hypothesise; behavior vs. behaviour) Proofreading More proofreading is needed (e.g., fix punctuation and typographical errors) to bring the quality of written expression closer to a professional standard Check and correct capitalisation and spacing APA style Do not capitalise the names of disorders, therapies, theories, etc. Replace double spaces with single spaces Figures Provide more detailed Figure captions to help connect the figure to the text Figure captions should use this format: Figure X. Descriptive caption in sentence casing. See example Refer to each Figure at least once within the main text (e.g., see Figure 1) Citations are not in full APA style (7th ed.). For example: Check and correct formatting of citations in parentheses Use ampersand (&) inside parentheses and "and" outside parentheses References are not in full APA style. For example: Check and correct use of capitalisation[2] Check and correct use of italicisation Page numbers should be separated by an en-dash (–) rather than a hyphen (-) Move non-peer-reviewed sources to the external links section Written expression – Learning features Overall, the use of learning features is basic Excellent use of embedded in-text interwiki links to Wikipedia articles No use of embedded in-text links to related book chapters. Embedding in-text links to related book chapters helps to integrate this chapter into the broader book project. Use in-text interwiki links, rather than external links, per Tutorial 2 Basic use of image(s). Consider increasing the image sizes, especially for diagrams, to make them easier to read. No use of table(s) Good use of feature box(es) No use of quiz(zes) Basic use of case studies or examples Basic/No use of interwiki links in the "See also" section. See Tutorial 02 for how to format these links. Good use of external links in the "External links" section. Include sources in parentheses. Social contribution ~12 logged, useful, minor to major social contributions across three platforms with mostly direct links to evidence Use a numbered list per Tutorial 02

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 22:48, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

Multimedia presentation feedback

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Overall Overall, this is a basic presentation Overview An opening slide with the title and sub-title is displayed — this helps to clearly convey the purpose of the presentation. Also narrate the title and sub-title. This presentation has a basic introduction to engage audience interest Consider creating a more engaging introduction to hook audience interest Consider asking focus questions that lead to take-away messages. This will help to focus and discipline the presentation. Content Comments about the book chapter may also apply to this section Useful content Limit use of abbreviations - difficult to remember in a brief presentation The presentation addresses the topic An appropriate amount of content is presented — not too much or too little The presentation is reasonably well structured (i.e., Overview, Content, Conclusion) The presentation includes citations to support claims The presentation could be improved by making more use of examples or case studies There is no need to suggest future research; instead, consider providing an example of the take-home messages in action Surprisingly, there was no humour!? Conclusion A Conclusion slide is presented with basic take-home message(s) Audio Audio communication is well paced Consider using greater intonation to enhance listener interest and engagement The audio communication is hesitant — could benefit from further scripting and practice Audio recording quality was good Video Overall, visual display quality is basic Some of the text is very difficult to read due to colours (e.g., 2nd slide) Remove shadow from text (to make it easier to read) Use Australian spelling (e.g., realized -> realised) The references are shown too quickly at the end; probably better usability to provide them in the description Some of the font size could be larger to make it easier to read The amount of text presented per slide could be reduced to make it easier to read and listen at the same time The visual communication is supplemented in a basic way by images and/or diagrams The presentation is basically produced using simple tools Meta-data The chapter title and sub-title (or an abbreviation to fit within the 100 character limit) are used in the name of the presentation — this helps to clearly convey the purpose of the presentation Check and correct capitalisation in the title A brief written description of the presentation is provided. Consider expanding. Links to and from the book chapter are provided. However the link to the book chapter goes to the mobile version. Link to the desktop version instead. Mobiles will automatically show the mobile version. Licensing Image sources and their copyright status are communicated A copyright license for the presentation is provided in the presentation description but not in the meta-data

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 06:07, 10 November 2022 (UTC)