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Level 7 Diploma in Business and Organisational Psychology

Theoretical Models of Workplace Wellbeing

BOP701 · Health, Work and Stress — Week 4 of 16

CourseBOP701
Week4 of 16
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This week’s topics

Theoretical Models of Workplace Wellbeing

  1. Karasek's Job Demands-Control-Support model
  2. Siegrist's Effort-Reward Imbalance framework
  3. Demerouti et al.'s Job Demands-Resources model
  4. Warr's Vitamin Model
  5. CJBS Perspectives with Professor Dame Carol Black and Professor Paul Tracey

What you will be able to do

  • 1.4 Demonstrate understanding of key theoretical models to facilitate workplace health and wellbeing at an organisation

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: demonstrate understanding of key theoretical models to facilitate workplace health and wellbeing at an organisation

Study materials

Videos

  • CJBS Perspectives with Professor Dame Carol Black and Professor Paul Tracey · YouTube · University of Cambridge Judge Business School · 34 min · for registered students
  • Organisational Behaviour Lab · YouTube · King's College London · 54 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Antecedents of Psychological Contract Breach: Job Demands, Job Resources, and Affect · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
  • Tackling work-related stress using the Management Standards approach: a step-by-step workbook (HSE WBK01, 2017/2019) · PDF · Hse, guidance; 60 pages · for registered students
  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 18: Stress and Well Being · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 525–556 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Understanding Occupational Stress
  • Week 2: Burnout and Traumatic Stress
  • Week 3: The Economics of Workplace Stress
  • Week 4: Theoretical Models of Workplace Wellbeing
  • Week 5: Workplace Stressors and Structural Conditions
  • Week 6: Task Architecture and Job-Related Strains
  • Week 7: Individual Differences and Extra-Organisational Factors
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Organisational Interventions and Stress Remedies
  • Week 10: Psychological Interventions: CBT and REBT
  • Week 11: Workplace Wellness and Health Promotion
  • Week 12: Applying Health, Work and Stress in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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