PSYC1099-1 : Psychology of Well-Being at Work

Study Programmes 2015-2016

PSYC1099-1

Psychology of Well-Being at Work

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Master in human resources management (120 ECTS)		3
Master in labour sciences (120 ECTS)		3
Bachelor in psychology and education : general		3
Bachelor in psychology and education : general		3
Master in psychology : general (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Isabelle Hansez

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

- Policy about well-being at work, including policy about violence, moral and sexual harassment in the workplace
- Internal and external services for well-being and stress prevention
- Concepts and theoretical models related to the well-being (eg, occupational stress, psychosocial risks, burnout, job engagement, ...).
- Methodological aspects and assessments of psychosocial risks
- Focus on different themes such as safety, work-family conciliation, moral harassment, burnout, ...

Learning outcomes of the course :

- To be able to use the Belgian policy about well-being at work, the constraints for the employer, the internal and external structures of the organization that have to deal with this topic
- To know the concepts of well-being at work and the tools of risks assessment.
- To train the students to criticize for different interventions proposed to the organizations.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

The course includes traditional lessons.