This week’s topics
Understanding Occupational Stress
- Physiological mechanisms of stress
- Neuroendocrine and autonomic nervous system responses
- Psychosomatic manifestations
- Acute versus chronic workplace stress
- Lecture 04 - Principles of Systems Theory, Physiological and Psychological Stress
- Stress and Stress Response (The Fight or Flight Response)
- Recognising the signs of burnout and stress at work
What you will be able to do
- 1.1 Analyse and discuss stress and describe its physical manifestations in an organisation context.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse and discuss stress and describe its physical manifestations in an organisation context.
Study materials
Videos
- Lecture 04 - Principles of Systems Theory, Physiological and Psychological Stress · YouTube · UCI Media · 68 min · for registered students
- Stress and Stress Response (The Fight or Flight Response) · YouTube · UMN Stress Lab · 10 min · for registered students
- Recognising the signs of burnout and stress at work · YouTube · acasorguk · 7 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Biopsychology (OERI), ch. 16: Emotion and Stress · Reading · Libretexts, textbook chapter · for registered students
- Psychology 2e, ch. 14: Stress, Lifestyle, and Health · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 495–546 · for registered students
- Workplace stress: a collective challenge (ILO, World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2016) · PDF · Ilo, report; 63 pages · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
