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A brief review of the literature on organizational humour is followed by a more detailed examination of the illuminating analysis by Willis of school\/shop-floor counter-culture. Although his research provides a strong basis for the case study presented below, it is criticized for a tendency to romanticize working-class culture, humour and informal opposition. <\/jats:p><jats:p> In contrast, by means of an empirical analysis of joking forms in the components division of a lorry producing factory, the paper then explores not only the collective elements, but also the internal divisions and contradictions that characterize shop-floor relations. 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