COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRENT TOPICS IN WORK PSYCHOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6152 CURRENT TOPICS IN WORK PSYCHOLOGY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM ÇAKIR

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to analyse individual in working life from psychological view and to provide students the ability to evaluate analytical and analyse-based studies in the field of work psychology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to comprehend psychological effects of work life on individual
2   Being able to evaluate psychological problems which effect quality of working life and productivity.
3   Being able to recognize research methods in work psychology
4   Being able to evaluate work psychology globally
5   Being able to analyse current problems in work psychology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Research Methods in Work Psychology
2 Work Psychology Research Areas: Job Analysis, Job Design
3 Work Psychology Research Areas: Personnel Selection
4 Work Psychology Research Areas: Performance Evaluation, Individual and Team Training and Cross-Cultural Industrial- Organizational Psychology
5 Work Psychology Research Areas: Psychology of Occupational Health and Safety
6 Work Psychology Research Areas: Human-Environment-Machine Interaction and Counterproductive Behaviors in Workplace
7 Work Psychology Research Areas: Job Satisfaction, Job Motivation and Wage Systems
8 Midterm Exam
9 Work Psychology Research Areas: Stress and Career Management in Workplace
10 Work Psychology Research Areas: Organizational Justice, Communication and Leadership
11 Research Methods in Work Psychology Measurement and Meta-Analysis in Work Psychology
12 Work Psychology Research Areas: Impact of Positive Psychology on Work
13 Research Presentations
14 Research Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Wayne F. Cascio. (2003). Managing Human Resources: Productivity, Quality of Work Life, Profits, 6th Edition, Boston, Mass.: McGraw-Hill/irwin.
Frank J. Landy. (2010). Work in The 21st Century: An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell.
Ernest J. McCormick ve Daniel R. Ilgen. (1980). Industrial Psychology, 7th edition, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.
Paul E. Spector. (2008). Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Research and Practice, 5th Edition, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, weekly readings, question-answer, discussion, assignment and presentation

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes are assessed by midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students are obligated to participate 70% of the lectures
All kinds of plagiarism and attempt of plagiarism shall be concluded by disciplinary punishment
Students supposed to read the materials before lecture and participate the classroom discussions
Students are expected to make presentations about the subjects given by the lecturer.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Phone: 0.232.3010351
E-mail: t.demirbilek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 04.00 pm-05.00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55