This course focuses on the role of workplace factors in employee health and well-being. Both the potential negative consequences, i.e. mental and physical health problems, and the positive consequences, i.e. engagement, personal growth/learning, will be addressed.
A series of introductory lectures introduces students to the most important psychosocial stress models (e.g., Job-Demand-Control-Support model, Effort-Reward Imbalance model, Person-Environment fit model). Empirical research regarding the impact of work factors on mental and physical health (e.g. burnout, cardiovascular disease) is discussed.
After these lectures, sessions will be dedicated to presentations on a contemporary issue in the work and stress field prepared by (groups of) students themselves. Regarding the topic of the presentation, students may put forward own suggestions, or choose a topic from an existing list (e.g. work-family conflict, impact of shift work on health, determinants of burnout, the experience of ‘flow’). In order to ensure active involvement and participation in the presentations and ensuing discussion, all students will read provided key publication on the topics at hand before each presentation session.
At the end of the course students will write a short paper related to the topic of their presentation.
Coordinator
Dr. M. van der Doef
Room 2B34
Tel.: +31 (0)71 527 3987
E-Mail: doef@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Aims
Students will
acquire scientific up-to-date knowledge on the area of occupational stress
be familiar with the most prominent occupational stress models
be able to prepare and give a presentation in English on an occupational stress topic
be able to write a short paper on an occupational stress topic based on up-to-date scientific literature
Literature
Recent key publications on contemporary topics
Examination
Oral presentation, individual paper, attendance and active participation
From January 1, 2006 the Faculty of Social Sciences has instituted the Ephorus system to be used by instructors for the systematic detection of plagiarism in students’ written work. Please see the Additional Rules and Regulations, section 6.
Requirement(s) for application or advice
Master students MSc Psychology
Education method(s)
Lectures (4)
student presentations and discussion (6 sessions)
individual feedback on paper
Enrolment
Introduction and enrolment for courses of the first semester will take place August 27th 2009. More information will be available at the website of the Institute of Psychology.
NB: Exam and re-exam registration will take place via U-Twist, and will be open between a month and a week before the (re)exam. Students who haven’t registered, cannot participate in the (re)exam.
Blackboard
Information available on www.blackboard.leidenuniv.nl
Timetable
The course consists of 11 approximately three-hour lectures/seminars between Aug 31 and Oct ? The exact details of the lectures will be made available on Blackboard in week 42.