Numerous studies on the use of humor in the workplace have long been investigated in the past decades. Managerial humor is viewed as the critical factor for a manager to alter the working environment leading to creativity and innovation. To encourage organizational innovation innovative behavior is a major driving force. The exploration of the relationship between humor styles and innovative behavior in Thai context has been underdeveloped and needs to be extended to examine the differences of these factors compared to other cultures. Therefore this current study aimed to examine the relationship between managerial humor and innovative behavior of managers in real estate firms listed in Stock Exchange of Thailand. Data were gathered by using stratified random sampling technique. Questionnaires were used as the instrument for data collection. Data were collected from managers in all levels during June-August 2017. The findings showed that managers preferred to majorly use self-enhancing humor styles rather than other humor styles. For hypotheses testing the results demonstrated that the four independent variables including affiliative self-enhancing aggressive and self-defeating humor styles could explain 23% of variance to innovative behavior (R2 = .227 F (4 79) = 5.446 p <.01). This suggested that there were other factors that could explain innovative behavior of managers that had not been incorporated in this current study. In addition the findings indicated that affiliative humor style had a significantly positive effect on innovative behavior of managers in real estate firms (β = .280 p <.008) as did self-enhancing humor style (β = .279 p <.011).

The purposes of this research were to (1) investigate factors which have impacts on working-age people’s decision making to save money in Bangyai district Nonthaburi Province (2) study working-age people’ behavior in decision making to saving money in Bangyai district Nonthaburi Province (3) compare the importance of factors that affect to the working-age people’s decision making in saving money in Bangyai district Nonthaburi Province.The sample of the study consists of 400 people (ages 20-60 years old). The research instruments used for data collection were the questionnaire. The reliability data were analyzed by using frequency percentage means and standard deviation of t-test (Independent t-test) F-test (Independent sample F-test) and Content Analysis. The results of the study revealed that: The mainly respondents are female being over 30-40 years old having single status and education background in bachelor degree. Moreover the respondents are working as an employee of the private company the average income per month over 10000-20000 baht and family members around 3-4 people. The respondents pointed out similar saving money to use after retirement and deposit with banks in short term saving. The respondents will spend first then keep the rest of the money to saving and they have money savings less than 10%. The working-age people’s decision making to save money in Bangyai district Nonthaburi Province was at a moderate level. Two factors of decision to saving (1) income from savings and (2) saving characteristics were at a high level. Besides four factors of decision to saving (1) security (2) yield upon investment (3) incentives for saving and (4) social and economy were at a moderate level. There was low positive statistical significant relationship between the differences of age marital status education level occupation average monthly income family members purposes of saving savings schemes and factors affecting working–age people’s decision to saving at 0.05 However the respondents who have the differences of gender period of saving saving method and saving ratio focused on the factors of decision to saving at no difference.