This week’s topics
Individual Differences and Extra-Organisational Factors
- Personality determinants such as Type A behaviour and locus of control
- Psychological resilience and coping styles
- Work-life conflict and domestic strains
- Financial and socio-economic pressures
- Building personal and organisational resilience with Richard Jolly | London Business School
- Mod-01 Lec-05 Individual differences and work behaviour
- Saylor.org BUS209: Dr. Naomi Rotter's "Individual Differences and Personality"
What you will be able to do
- 2.3 Evaluate the relevance of factors originating from the individual and outside the workplace in the context of stress in an organisational setting.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the relevance of factors originating from the individual and outside the workplace in the context of stress in an organisational setting.
Study materials
Videos
- Building personal and organisational resilience with Richard Jolly | London Business School · YouTube · London Business School · 42 min · for registered students
- Saylor.org BUS209: Dr. Naomi Rotter's "Individual Differences and Personality" · YouTube · Saylor University · 59 min · for registered students
- How to build emotional resilience | London Business School · YouTube · London Business School · 4 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Organizational Behavior, ch. 7: Managing Stress and Emotions · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 253–304 · for registered students
- Organizational Behavior, ch. 18: Stress and Well Being · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 525–556 · for registered students
- Psychology 2e, ch. 14: Stress, Lifestyle, and Health · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 495–546 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
