No Laughing Matter

In the pantheon of the young business executive, there are gods of success, diligence, alertness, punctuality, timing and memo writing. But, alas, there is none for humor. That is the finding of Richard J. Cronin, who heads an executive search firm in Rosemont, Ill. Cronin polled 480 chief executive officers to ask: "Have you found that younger executives (under 35) with MBA degrees have a greater or lesser sense of humor than others?" The vast majority of those responding checked lesser.

Why? Heightened seriousness among young people in general since the 1960s seems to be one reason for this dour attitude. But...

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