spring 2025
PSY-3038 Well-being at the workplace II - 5 ECTS

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Type of course

The subject is an elective course for students who have been admitted to the Master’s Studies in Psychology.

Course overlap

If you pass the examination in this course, you will get an reduction in credits (as stated below), if you previously have passed the following courses:

PSY-3029 Work and Organizational Psychology 5 ects

Course content

This course showcases well-being at work from a positive work and organizational psychology perspective. Taking a multilevel perspective, we focus on well-being intervention at the person, interindividual, and organizational level. After having introduced basic concept related to intervention research, we are shedding light on the following aspects:

  • Job crafting at the person- and team level
  • Recovery interventions
  • Team training
  • Organizational change

We will draw on theoretical and empirical research to discuss the preparation, implementation, and evaluation of interventions in an organizational setting.

Objectives of the course

Successful completion of the course will lead to the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

Students will learn to reflect on

  • interventions in the work context as well as the psychosocial well-being of employees
  • apply specialized insight regarding job analysis

Skills:

Students will develop in their skills to

  • analyze and deal critically with scientific evidence and use it to structure and formulate scholarly arguments and derive applications
  • conduct a job analysis
  • develop an independent, limited job intervention (including an evaluation) under supervision and in accordance with applicable norms for research ethics
  • write professionally

General competence

Students will have developed skills that are transferable to other courses (and future work), that is the ability to

  • apply their knowledge and skills in new areas in order to carry out an advanced project

Language of instruction and examination

English

Teaching methods

The teaching methods include the following:

  • Lecture
  • Group work
  • Casework
  • Discussions
  • Training techniques (e.g., moderation, instruction, feedback)

Information to incoming exchange students

This module is open for exchange students with bachelor degree in Psychology or similar.

Schedule

Schedule

Examination

Examination: Date: Grade scale:
Assignment 13.05.2025 14:00 (Hand in) A–E, fail F

Coursework requirements:

To take an examination, the student must have passed the following coursework requirements:
80% attendance Approved – not approved
Reading log Approved – not approved
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More info about the coursework requirements

  • As the course format includes interactions (e.g., group works, discussions), active participation in at least 80% of time is required.
  • Reading the assignment and keeping a reading log.

Re-sit examination

Students who do not pass the previous ordinary examination can gain access to a re-sit examination.
  • About the course
  • Campus: Tromsø |
  • ECTS: 5
  • Course code: PSY-3038
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