02523 - Occupational Psychology

Academic Year 2014/2015

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Rimini
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Wellness and Sport Management (cod. 8210)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students should be able to discuss the main theories of  Occupational Psychology.
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Course contents

Course participants will be able to identify key issues in occupational psychology:

Research Methods in Industrial/Organizational Psychology 

Job Analysis

Employee Recruitment, Selection, and Placement 

Motivation 

Positive Employee Attitudes and Behaviors 

Worker Stress, Negative Employee Attitudes and Behaviors 

Group Processes in Work Organizations 

Leadership 

Organizational Structure, Culture, and Development 

Course participants will also be able to identify key issues in Psychology of Physical Activity:

Correlates of physical activity

Theories based on attitudes and beliefs

Motivation 

Stage-based and other models of physical activity

Social and environmental correlates of physical activity 

Intervention strategies aimed at groups, individuals, organisations and communities

Readings/Bibliography

Prati, G. & Pietrantoni, L. (2012). Attivi e sedentari. Psicologia dell'attività fisica. Bologna. Il Mulino.    
G. Sarchielli, F. Fraccaroli (2010). Introduzione alla psicologia del lavoro. Bologna: Il Mulino.

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons.

Assessment methods

Oral examination

Teaching tools

Teaching tools used for lectures: video projector, PC, overhead projector.

Office hours

See the website of Gabriele Prati