COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AT WORK

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 5001 POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AT WORK ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Human Resources

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Human Resources

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to explore both positive employee behaviour and positive organizational characteristics in order to maintain high work life quality by analyzing the impact of positive psychology on work.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have preliminary knowledge on positive psychology
2   Understand the change in work life from past to present
3   Understand the impact of positive psychology on work
4   Learn about quality of work life
5   Have knowledge about positive organizational behaviour
6   Comprehend positive employee characteristics at work
7   Comprehend the positive and motivating work-setting characteristics
8   Have knowledge about the ways to reach positive work-setting

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to positive psychology
2 Different meanings of work and work in transition
3 Quality of work life
4 Impact of positive psychology on work
5 Eustress at work
6 Meaningful work
7 Relationship between work and life satisfaction
8 Positive individual characteristics: Strengths
9 Positive individual characteristics: Psychological capital
10 Positive individual behaviour: Engagement
11 Positive individual behaviour: Flow
12 Job crafting

Recomended or Required Reading

Biswas-Diener, R. (2011). Positive Psychology as Social Change. Springer.
Luthans, F., Avolio, B. J., Avey, J. B., & Norman, S. M. (2007). Positive psychological capital:Measurement and relationship with performance and satisfaction. Personal Psychology, 60, 541-572.
Roberts, L.M. & Dutton, J.E. (2009) Exploring Positive Identities and Organizations: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation. New York, NY: Routledge.
Delle Fave, A., Massimini, F., & Bassi, M. (2011). Psychological selection and optimal experience across cultures: Social empowerment through personal growth. New York, NY: Springer.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

- Participation
- Presentation
- Exams

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Burcu GÜLER
e-mail: burcuguler@gmail.com

Office Hours

Thursday 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 137

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.155
LO.255
LO.35
LO.4555
LO.555
LO.655
LO.75
LO.85

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