Administrators’ Humor Styles and Teachers’ Thriving at Work in a Chinese University: Inputs for a School Wellness Program

Abstract

This study is a quantitative, non- experimental correlational research that tries to determine the relationship between school administrators’ humor styles and teachers’ thriving at work in a Chinese university with a purpose of developing a school wellness program. The date gathered from the questionnaires is to be analyzed by quantitative survey tools, ensuring the study to explore the correlation of the research variables. The findings of the study have theoretical and practical implications for better utilizing administrators’ humor styles and enhancing teachers’ thriving at work, which can become the inputs of a school wellness program. The school wellness program developed aims to integrate health literacy into the comprehensive development of a university by taking the well-being and wellness of teachers and students as the goal, and adapting to the basic requirements of the construction of a healthy China.