News: Prof. Gloria González (University of Guelph).
Prof. Gloria González (University of Guelph ) will present a number of seminars about “Occupational health psychology (OHP)” during his visit at the University of Valencia (12-22 December 2011)
All the practical sessions have been supported by a grant from Spanish Agency of Education and Dirección General de Política Universitaria
http://www.uoguelph.ca/iopsychology/Gonzalez.shtml
Occupational health psychology (OHP) is one of the most heavily researched areas within the work domain, although it is not well publicized in the traditional WOP psychology domain. This course introduces Master students to OHP as an advanced topic in WOP psychology. OHP is an emerging interdisciplinary field concerned with psychological factors in employee health, safety, and well-being. We will review the major theories and empirical research showing the effects of the work environment on employees’ health and wellbeing. Discussion and interaction is an essential tool in my teaching. I use class sessions to facilitate an interactive learning in which we learn from each other. During the lecture I expect students to ask anything they do not understand or comment on anything that they are interested in. For me, interaction and discussion at class is important because: 1) it helps connect the content of the class with students’ experiences, 2) it allows students to feel authorship of their learning during lectures and, 3) it motivates students to attend the lectures. OBJECTIVES
• Help you acquire knowledge of the empirical literature on OHP
• Enhance your ability to evaluate key health and safety issues within organizations
• Challenge you to find ways to effectively translate OHP research into practice
• Gain expanded appreciation of how research is conducted and disseminated
• Improve your ability to critically evaluate and apply research in WOP Psychology
• Improve your ability to review and understand primary source readings
• Provide you with additional opportunities to practice public presentationsTopics to be covered:Overview & History of OHP
Occupational Stress
Job Burnout
Work/Non-work interface
Cross-Cultural OHP
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