The Influence of Graduate Advisor Use of Interpersonal Humor on Graduate Students
The current study is the fourth in a series on various components of advisor-advisee communication. In the latest study, the influence of a variety of communication variables on the graduate advisor–advisee interpersonal relationship is examined. Graduate students' perceptions of their graduate advisors' use of humor as it relates to other communication variables (nonverbal immediacy, social support, mentoring, and relationship satisfaction) were investigated. Results revealed a positive, statistically significant relationship between an advisee's perception of his or her advisor's use of humor and that advisee's perception of the advisor's nonverbal immediacy, social support, and mentoring as well as the relationship satisfaction reported by the advisee.
Relative Emphasis: theory, research, practice
Contributor Notes
Jason S. Wrench (EdD, West Virginia University, 2002) is an assistant professor in the department of Communication and Media at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Correspondence may be sent to wrenchj@newpaltz.edu.
Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter (PhD, Kent State University, 2002) is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Texas Tech University.