Abstract
The main goal of this paper is to examine connection between attachment styles, emotional intelligence, life satisfaction, personality traits and humor styles with employed people, as well as to discuss implications of this connection on the quality of business communications. The survey includes 240 participants from Serbia. The structure of the convenience sample is heterogeneous and it includes employees and managers of both sexes and of a various age. The instruments used are: Emotional skills and competence questionnaire (Takšić, Moharić & Munjas, 2006), Experiences in Close Relations (Kamenov & Jelić, 2003), Personality Questionnaire (Zuckerman, 2002), Humor styles Questionnaire (Martin, Puhlik-Doris, Larsen, Gray & Weir, 2003) and Satisfaction With Life Scale (Diener, Emmons, Larsen & Griffin, 1985). The results indicate the existence of significant positive correlation between secure attachment style, affiliative and self-enhancing humor style, activity, sociability and life satisfaction. There is also a positive correlations between preoccupied attachment style and self- defeating humor style, and a moderate negative correlation between preoccupied attachment style, self- enhancing and aggressive humor style, activity, sociability as well as the overall life satisfaction.
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