85401 - Intervention in Work Psychology

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able to develop interventions in work psychology and evaluate the process and the outcomes.

Course contents

The Physical and Psychosocial Work Environment

Work Stress, Workplace Safety and Well-being

Psychosocial risk prevention: process and phases

Psychosocial risk prevention: Interventions

Psychosocial risk prevention: evaluation of process and outcomes

Readings/Bibliography

Scientific articles on specific issues will be available during the course

Teaching methods

For each topic covered in the course, the theoretical part and a case will be presented. Students will then have to apply the knowledge acquired to the design and evaluation of interventions aimed at improving working well-being in a specific organizational context

Assessment methods

- Weekly: Application of the knowledge aquired to a specific organizational context (in small group, classroom presentation)

- At the end of the course. Small groups have to deliver a paper describing an intervention in a specific organizational context, and to present, during the last meeting, the work done.

- At the end of the course: students have to deliver a reflection paper.

Teaching tools

- Powerpoint presentation on the different contents of the course

- Cases on the different contents of the course

- scientific articles on on the different contents of the course

 

Office hours

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