Humour and Job Stress

Is there room for humour at the office? Can office humor help relieve stress in the workplace? I think so! I work in an office where laughter is the best medicine. We are extremely busy, but we have a sense of humour and that has gotten me through many stressful work situations. But I think there needs to be a balance and we need to know when to inject some humour and when to NOT.

But job stress is no laughing matter. Here is a link to a discussion on the Healthline website on the subject of Job Stress: How to Keep Your Cool, an Interview with Dr. F. Massino and Dr. W. Wiener, both of the Institute for Performance Advancement, which deals with stress and anxiety in the workplace: Click here1

1 Healthline.com, Job Stress: How to Keep Your Cool, http://www.healthline.com/hgy-transcripts/job-stress, (accessed September 22, 2007)