Psychology in the workplace

Uitgebreide vaknaam	Psychology in the workplace
Leerdoelen	This course offers a theoretical and practical orientation to the psychological approach to work and job design, organizations and organizational change, as well as personnel issues and human resource development. The course covers a wide range of topics, such as the impact of individual differences on work-related variables, personnel selection and evaluation, training and development, attitudes and motivation, leadership and power, group dynamics, as well as organizational structure and climate. The knowledge gained from this course is meant to be relevant and useful to your own personal and professional life. After this course students can: - apply psychology to human behavior in the workplace through selecting the right strategies or theories to help solve to a problem presented to them, - explain how and why Industrial and Organizational (I/O) psychology is both a theoretical and an applied science, - explain what theories are and why we need them, - distinguish different theoretical perspectives from each other, and do so for each topic covered, - interpret charts, figures, tables, and research results, - indicate how the results of research may (or may not) apply to real-world issues, - demonstrate to have general knowledge on both 'Industrial' and 'Organizational' aspects of I/O psychology.
Omschrijving	Work-, Organizational, and Personnel Psychology takes a three-pronged approach in understanding how personal, social, and environmental factors are related to people’s attitudes and performance in their work environment. The course will discuss, illustrate and critically evaluate these three main research streams (work, organizational, and personnel psychology). Specific topics include: 1) job and task performance, employee health and well-being (work psychology), 2) employee motivation, leadership and power, as well as group processes, such as cooperation, conflict, and decision making (organizational psychology), and 3) the design and consequences of human resource policies (personnel psychology).
Uren per week	4
Onderwijsvorm	hoorcollege
Toetsvorm	schriftelijk tentamen (meerkeuze)
Vaksoort	bachelor
Coördinator	dr. N.P. Leander
Docent(en)	dr. N.P. Leander
Verplichte literatuur	Titel Auteur ISBN Prijs Work in the 21st century: An introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2013, 4th ed.) Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Landy, F.J. & Conte, J.M. 978-1-118-29120-7 ca. €  58,00
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Opmerkingen	Please note: The older, 3rd edition book overlaps by 90% but was poorly rated by students. I will teach the course assuming you have the 4th edition book; you use an older version at your own risk.
Opgenomen in	Opleiding Jaar Periode Type Ba psychologie (EN)  (Ba2 (EN) psychologie) 2 semester I b verplicht Course units for exchange students BSc level - Autumn semester (Sep-Jan) - semester I b keuze PS