Università Roma Tre

The course aims to provide an overview of the fields of application of occupational health psychology and organizational well-being, in the particular context of educational and social services. Additionally, it will provide the students with the theoretical and methodological instruments and approaches to understand the inter-relations between the people at work, the tasks, and the work environment, for the purpose of optimizing the organizational and management processes in the educational and social fields. The acquired methodological knowledge will allow the students to intervene also in the training and research processes within the abovementioned contexts.
At the end of the course, the student will be able to achieve the following educational objectives:
In terms of knowledge and understanding:
- know the basic theoretical models in the psychology of occupational health and organizational well-being;
- know the potential of health prevention and promotion perspectives in organizational contexts;
- know the theoretical and epistemological foundations of research applied to organizational contexts;
- know the basic methodological approaches used in the psychological analysis of organizations.
In terms of ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
- know how to apply the theoretical knowledge to manage the critical socio-organizational processes for workers’ health and well-being;
- know how to choose methods and instruments of analysis and intervention aimed at promoting, preventing and maintaining health and well-being in organizational contexts.
In terms of independent judgment:
- interpret individual-task-organization interactions in the light of theoretical models and empirical studies in the psychology of occupational health and organizational well-being;
- critically analyze and compare theories and methods based on the specific practical application or the specific work context.
In terms of communication skills:
- know how to synthesize and effectively present ideas, problems and solutions, on individual-task-organization interactions.
In terms of learning ability:
- deepen the acquired knowledge using manuals and theoretical models developed within the field of organizational psychology.