GAYA TINGKAHLAKU HUMOR DALAM KALANGAN PELAJAR PASCA IJAZAH FAKULTI PENGURUSAN

Humor is a familiar element that exists in student’s daily communication and behavior. Despite support from previous studies on the benefits of humor to the student’s well-being, there is a gap of research on the humor styles behavior differences based on demographic factor, particularly among post-graduate students. Therefore, this study was conducted in order to identify the level and differences of humor styles behavior based on demographic factor. For this purpose, a total of 108 post-graduate students in the Faculty of Management, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) become sample of the study. The instrument used to measure humor styles behavior is The Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ). The current study found that affiliative humor was the highest among postgraduate students in the Faculty of Management. Followed by self-enhancing humor and self- defeating humor. While the aggressive humor was the least done by students. In addition, the study found that there was nationality difference in affiliative humor and gender difference in aggressive humor among students. Overall, this study provides information on the demographic factors that explain the differences of humor styles behavior of students. It is an important added value in promoting humor among students and to build a more cheerful and positive learning environment in the university.