200110 SE Vertiefungsseminar: Arbeit, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (2020S)

This seminar aims at introducing the topic of job stress and occupational health psychology from both academic and practical perspective. The first part of the seminar will focus on scientific literature regarding models, as well as most common sources of stress in the work environment. Each participant will be assigned a topic in the field (1 journal article as a start for literature research). Participants will prepare a short paper about the topic (about 2-4 pages) based on their literature research, as well as a presentation of the topic (10 minutes), which will be held in the seminar.
After the introduction of key topics on job stress (based on individual presentations), the seminar will take focus on practical aspects of job stress and occupational health psychology. Participants will form groups, and each group will receive a case study of assessment of relevant stress factors in an organization. Based on the results of the assessment (specific case), the group will prepare a report. The report will describe the key challenges the organization is facing in terms of stress experiences of the employees. Furthermore, the report will provide practical recommendations on how to address these challenges for the organization. The case study as well as the report will be presented in the seminar and discussed with other participants.
(Final course design depends on the number of participants and will be announced at the first session).
The course will be held in English.