Palgrave Handbook of Humour Research

ThisHandbookprovides new perspectives on humour from transdisciplinary perspectives.It focuseson humour as a resource from different socio-culturaland psychological viewpointsand brings together authors fromdifferent cultures, social contexts and countries. The book will enableresearchers and practitioners alike to unlock new research findings which give new directions for contemporary and futurehumour research.By employing transdisciplinary and transcultural perspectives, the volume further discusses humour in regard to different cultural and politicalcontexts, humour over the lifespan, in therapy and counselling, in pedagogical settings, in medicine and the workspace. The contributions also highlight theconnections between humour and the COVID-19 pandemic and promise new inspiring insights. Researchers, practitioners and students in the fields of industrial andorganisational psychology, positive psychology, organisational studies, future studies, health and occupational science and therapy, emotion sciences, management,leadership and human resource management will find the contributions highly topical, insightful and applicable to practice.