6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4021598DNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (D) Master - preliminary level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Department
Experimental and Applied Psychology
Educational team
Sara De Gieter (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
39 contact hours Lecture
4 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This course addresses all aspects of psychosocial well-being at work. All kinds of psychosocial risks inherent to the job content, job conditions, labour relations, labour conditions and work organization can have an effect on the functioning and well-being of workers. Psychosocial well-being received a prominent place in the legislation on general well-being at work. There are a lot of parties involved in the implementation of this law (e.g. prevention advisor psychosocial well-being, counselor, HRM, comite for prevention and protection at work, ...). Employers must comply with a number of obligations (e.g. risk analysis, prevention policy) and are, where necessary, supported by external services for prevention and protection at work.

In this course we study the main theories on stress and well-being at work, explore the legislation on well-being at work, examine risk factors at work, the obligations of the various parties involved, the development of a prevention policy, and we also pay attention to practical cases. The students also make a group assignment by which they gain insights in and evaluate the well-being policy of one organization of their choice.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Slides van de docent
Digital course material (Required) : Slides van gastdocenten
Course text (Required) : Lesnota's van de student
Course text (Required) : Bijkomend studiemateriaal aangeleverd door de docent
Handbook (Required) : De psychologie van arbeid en gezondheid, W. Schaufeli - A. Bakker, 4de, Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, 9789036824941, 2020
Additional info
  • Lectures
  • Guest lectures by experts from the field
  • Practical cases + plenary exercises

 

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

After following this course, the student can/has:

  • define and recognize psychosocial risks
  • insight into the effects of psychosocial demands and how to avoid them
  • knowledge of the legislation regarding psychosocial well-being at work
  • understanding of the responsibilities of the parties involved in psychosocial well-being at work
  • make suggestions to develop a prevention policy

 

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
LEC Paper determines 30% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Examen schriftelijk with a relative weight of 70 which comprises 70% of the final mark.

    Note: Schriftelijk examen met open vragen

Within the LEC Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Groepstaak - Verslag with a relative weight of 30 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

    Note: Groepstaak: Schriftelijk verslag over een organisatiecase naar keuze

Additional info regarding evaluation
  • Participation in all elements of the course (exam & group assignment) is required, if not 'absent' for the entire course.
  • To individually grade students on the group assignment, we will use peer evaluation (mandatory). This means that students will evaluate themselves and their team members on a number of criteria, resulting in an adjustment factor. This adjustment factor will be used to individualize the grade received by the team on the group assignment, by multiplying the team grade by each team member's adjustment factor. When a student does not complete the peer evaluation by the given deadline, the course instructor can decide to deduct the maximum amount of points possible with the peer evaluation for that student. The course instructor has the final say in the application of the peer evaluation, and can decide to increase, decrease, or ignore the adjustment factor, if the peer evaluation scores appear unreliable. Such decisions will only be taken in exceptional cases, and will always be based on clear arguments, analyses, and/or a discussion with the involved students.
  • 2nd exam period: If the student fails the course in the 1st exam period, he/she will need to redo those elements of the course on which he/she failed. All elements of the course will need to be done individually in the 2nd exam period. The assignment needs to be handed in by the first Monday of the 2nd exam period before 12:00 (noon).
  • Students can request an exemption for assignments in which they succeeded in the previous year, not only during the first class or within the 2 weeks following this first class.
  • In exceptional cases, the group assignment can be made on an individual basis, but only after a thorough motivation and with an agreement of the teacher received during the first class or within the 2 weeks following this first class.
  • The use of generative AI is allowed for the assignment: Generative AI can be used in any way to complete the assignment. Any use of generative AI should be properly referenced (see APA7 guidelines).
Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Educational Sciences: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Psychology: Afstudeerrichting arbeids- en organisatiepsychologie (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Adult Education: Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Behavioural Sciences: psychologie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)