The Humor Advantage: Humorous Bragging Benefits Job Candidates and Entrepreneurs.

Pers Soc Psychol Bull · 2025 · PMC12206245 · PMID 38124332

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marginally significantp = .078so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

These three types of humor were not statistically different from one another, all p > .65, and overall, the model resulted in a marginally significant effect of experimental condition on hiring intentions, F(3,396) = 2.29, p = .078, η p 2 = .02.

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