ISSN 0439-755X
CN 11-1911/B
主办:中国心理学会
   中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

心理学报 ›› 2026, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (8): 1650-1665.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2026.1650 cstr: 32110.14.2026.1650

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损耗还是满足? 领导幽默对领导人际偏差行为的双刃剑效应

杨付1, 赵怡婷1, 刘文俊1, 杨菊2   

  1. 1西南财经大学工商管理学院, 成都 611130;
    2四川轻化工大学管理学院, 自贡 643000
  • 收稿日期:2025-04-10 发布日期:2026-06-16 出版日期:2026-08-25
  • 通讯作者: 刘文俊, E-mail:2241202z2012@smail.swufe.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金面上项目(72271203)

Depletion or fulfillment? The double-edged sword effect of leader humor on leader interpersonal deviance

YANG Fu1, ZHAO Yiting1, LIU Wenjun1, YANG Ju2   

  1. 1School of Business Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 611130, China;
    2School of Management, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong 643000, China
  • Received:2025-04-10 Online:2026-06-16 Published:2026-08-25

摘要: 领导者展现幽默行为并不意味着其总是采取亲切友好的行为表现, 同一位领导者的人际表达方式可能在短时间内由风趣幽默转变为令人不适。然而, 领导者为何会在日常互动中呈现出这种“阴晴不定”的行为变化尚不明确。本文整合资源保存理论和自我决定理论, 从行为者中心视角出发, 构建了领导幽默对领导人际偏差行为的双刃剑效应模型, 从而为领导者“阴晴不定”现象提供一种解释。对来自116名领导者1, 004个观察值的多层次路径分析发现:(1)当日领导幽默通过当日领导状态损耗与当日领导人际偏差行为存在正向间接关系, 当领导特质正念和领导角色自我同情高时, 上述间接关系得到弱化; (2)当日领导幽默通过当日领导关系需求满足与当日领导人际偏差行为存在负向间接关系, 当领导特质正念和领导角色自我同情高时, 上述间接关系得到强化。我们的发现揭示了领导幽默对领导人际偏差行为的双刃剑效应, 为理解领导幽默提供了有力支撑。

关键词: 领导幽默, 领导人际偏差行为, 资源保存理论, 自我决定理论

Abstract: Leader humor, as a prevalent behavior in the modern workplace, refers to an intentional behavior enacted by a leader that is intended to be amusing to the subordinate. Despite its prevalence, leader humor does not necessarily mean positive interpersonal interactions. The same leader may shift from humorous expressions to interpersonally inappropriate responses within a short period of time, yet the reasons underlying such fluctuations remain unclear. To address this theoretical gap, integrating the conservation of resources theory and the self-determination theory, this study explores the effects of daily leader humor on daily leader interpersonal deviance via both daily leader state depletion and daily leader relatedness needs satisfaction. Additionally, we reveal the important moderating role of leader trait mindfulness and daily leader role self-compassion.
We employed an experience sampling methodology to test the hypothesized model, including an initial one-time survey and daily surveys administered for ten consecutive working days. We collected data from a large-scale hotel chain in China, and the final sample included 1, 004 observations from 116 leaders. One week before the start of the daily surveys, participants reported their trait mindfulness, trait humor, emotional stability, and demographic information. Subsequently, the participants completed three surveys per day over ten consecutive working days. At Time 1 (sent at 8:00 a.m.; completed by 8:30 a.m.), participants reported their positive and negative affect as well as sleep quality from the previous night. At Time 2 (sent at 12:00 p.m.; completed by 12:30 p.m.), participants reported daily leader humor, daily leader state depletion, daily leader relatedness needs satisfaction, and daily leader role self-compassion. At Time 3 (sent at 5:00 p.m.; completed by 5:30 p.m.), participants reported daily leader interpersonal deviance.
Consistent with our predictions, the results demonstrated that daily leader humor was positively related to daily leader interpersonal deviance via daily leader state depletion. Meanwhile, daily leader humor was negatively related to daily leader interpersonal deviance through daily leader relatedness needs satisfaction. We also found that leader trait mindfulness and daily leader role self-compassion moderated the indirect relationship between daily leader humor and daily leader interpersonal deviance via daily leader state depletion and daily leader relatedness needs satisfaction. More specifically, when leader trait mindfulness and daily leader role self-compassion were low, the indirect relationship between daily leader humor and daily leader interpersonal deviance through daily leader state depletion was significant; however, when leader trait mindfulness and daily leader role self-compassion were high, the indirect relationship via daily leader state depletion was not significant. Meanwhile, when leader trait mindfulness and daily leader role self-compassion were high, the indirect relationship between daily leader humor and daily leader interpersonal deviance through daily leader relatedness needs satisfaction was significant; however, when leader trait mindfulness and daily leader role self-compassion were low, the indirect relationship via daily leader relatedness needs satisfaction was not significant.
Overall, our research makes important contributions to the existing literature. First, we extend the research on leader humor by taking an actor-centric perspective to demonstrate dynamic variation of leader humor and its impact on leaders themselves. Second, our research sheds light on the process by which leader humor affects leaders’ subsequent behaviors. We explain two key mechanisms linking leader humor to leader interpersonal deviance by investigating the mediating roles of leader state depletion and leader relatedness needs satisfaction. Third, our research allows for a better understanding of differentiated effects of leader humor by highlighting two moderators, including leader trait mindfulness as a stable individual difference and daily leader role self-compassion as a dynamic state.

Key words: leader humor, leader interpersonal deviance, conservation of resources theory, self-determination theory