Abstract
Humor, which has an essential place in our lives, is a communication tool that has the power to bring bad results along with its positive connotations. From this point of view, it is aimed to determine the effect of aggressive humor on revenge intention and the mediating role of paternalistic leadership in the relationship between these two variables. For this purpose, quantitative research is carried out with 273 employees working in the ground and flight services of a company operating in the civil air transportation sector. The data obtained by the survey are analyzed by adopting the structural equation approach based on partial least squares (PLS). As a result of the analyzes, the aggressive humor that the employees are exposed to has a positive effect on the intention of revenge. Moreover, it is also determined that paternalistic leadership mediated the relationship between aggressive humor and intention to revenge. Hereunder, the possibility of the aggressive humor that employees are exposed to turning into intention of revenge decreases by paternal leadership. According to the results of the multi-group analysis, differences are detected in the attitudes of employees working in ground and flight services.