APSY619-17S1 (C) Semester One 2017

Boundaryless Work and Uncertain Working Conditions

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2017
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 21 May 2017

Description

This course introduces two related areas of I/O psychology which only recently have received extensive research attention. It provides students with a framework for analysing how these phenomena affect individuals and organizations, and how organizational practitioners may understand and deal with these phenomena. Critical thinking, relation of theory to practice, of new concepts to old theories, as well as reflection, both oral and written, will be strongly emphasized.

Learning Outcomes

  • After completion of the course the students are expected to be able to:
  • Discuss and contrast existing theories on work stress, health, and wellbeing at work
  • Analyse how employee attitudes and wellbeing may be affected by working conditions, management practices, and interpersonal interactions at work
  • Relate theories on work, stress and wellbeing at work to practical phenomena
  • Identify problems related to stress and wellbeing, and what the solutions would be
  • Identify gaps in current knowledge and identify needs for future research and application
  • Propose solutions to real-world issues in working life and how these can be both implemented and evaluated
  • Present a proposal in front of a group with visual aids

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Katharina Naswall

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 1 - Current Topic 30%
Literature Review and Research Proposal 50%
Assignment 2 - Research Proposal Outline 10%
Presentation 10%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Allvin, Michael. et al; Work Without Boundaries : Psychological Perspectives on the New Working Life ; John Wiley & Sons, 2011.

Day, A., Kelloway, E.K., & Hurrell, Jr. J; Workplace wellbeing: How to build psychologically healthy workplace ; Wiley, 2014.

Naswall, Katharina. , Hellgren, Johnny, Sverke, Magnus; The individual in the changing working life ; Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Specific texts will be assigned to each lecture and posted on Learn.

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $963.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Limited Entry Course

Maximum enrolment is 30

For further information see Psychology .

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