Høst 2026

PSY-2107 Work and Organizational Psychology - 10 stp

The course is administrated by

Institutt for psykologi

Type of course

The course may be taken as a single course.

Course contents

The purpose of the course is to give the students an overview of critical aspects of research in work and organizational psychology. Work and organizational psychology as a subject is based on applied knowledge from the field of psychology, including social psychology, motivational psychology, cognitive psychology, etc.The course will mainly focus on how psychological knowledge can be applied within organizations and management. Amongst others, central themes will include facets of work performance as well as stress and motivation at work. The subject is relevant to analyzing, understanding, and improving employees' work situations and organizational outcomes, and is central for students who want to work in profit or non-profit organizations and interact with (other) employees, supervisors, and clients. The course focuses on an evidence-based perspective on decisions at work.

Admission requirements

Application code 9199.

Objective of the course

Successful completion of the course will lead to the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

Students will learn to

• Reflect on the most central topics and theories in work and organizational psychology

• Differentiate facets of work performance

• Explain the relevance of work-related well-being

• Describe the relevance of basic research in psychology for the affect, behavior, and cognition of working humans

Skills:

Students will develop their skills to

• Critically evaluate empirical evidence for existing theories within work and organizational psychology

• Critically apply scientific evidence to real-life situations

• Recognize work-related stressors and propose interventions based on theory and empirical evidence

• Identify the (de-)motivating potential of working conditions

• Create a target group-specific employee-selection tool

Competencies:

Students will have developed skills that are transferable to other modules (and future employability), such as their ability to

• Critically evaluate research to develop an evidence-based intervention to solve real-life problems

• Write academically

Language of instruction

English

Teaching methods

The teaching methods include the following:

• Lectures

• Casework

• Exercises

• Flipped classroom