Emerging Themes in Organizational, Social and Work Psychology

Code:

POST04

Acronym:

TEPOST

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Psychology

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree in Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MPSIC	32	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2021	1	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This curricular unit intends to provide students with conceptual and operational instruments related to the different research types and objects in the fields of psychology of organizations, social psychology and work psychology, as well as in their interfaces, starting from previous knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this UC students should know / be able to:
I. Identify emerging social phenomena with recognized or predictable impact on different social groups, organizations and work;
II. Develop a multidisciplinary rationale by adopting the perspectives of Organizational Psychology, Social Psychology and Work Psychology on the
identified phenomena;
III. Plan applied research and define theoretically based intervention strategies.

Working method

Presencial

Program

I. Theoretical, research and intervention vectors relevant to the fields of application of organization psychology, social psychology and work psychology will
be organized, contextualized in emerging social themes.
II. Application of these vectors to case studies defined by teachers at the beginning of each school year (eg: discrimination against immigrants / older
people / people with disabilities in hiring policies, in recruitment practices, in professional training, etc.).

Mandatory literature

Cooper, G.; Current Issues in Work and Organizational Psychology, New York, NY: Routledge., 2019
Vala, J. & Monteiro, M. B. ; Psicologia social (18ª ed), Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian., 2017
Universidade do Porto; Laboreal. ISBN: 1646-5237
Dovidio, J. F., Hewstone, J., Glick, P. & Esses, V. M.; The SAGE handbook of prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination, Los Angeles: Sage, 2010

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expository method in introductory classes with the integration of interactive method, through the definition of the processes to work, the presentation of
theories, research, and specific interventions to each subarea related to these processes.
Conducting autonomous bibliographic research, design and presentation of a multidisciplinary rationale that underlies the question of applied research. Implementation of research and definition of intervention strategies based on theory.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	48,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de investigação	60,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Classes are subject to verification of attendance. Safeguarding the special cases covered in the law, students who miss more than 25% of the classes planned not get frequency at course unit (according to Regulation Assessment of students FPCEUP - Article 9, point 2.).

Calculation formula of final grade

In the evaluation of this UC there are 3 components:
a) Written work (group / individual) for the Module Organizational Psychology;
b) Written work (group / individual) for the module Social Psychology;
c) Written work (group / individual) for the module Work Psychology;

The final classification is obtained by weighting the evaluation components outlined above. The ratings in each of the components and the final classification will be communicated to students on a scale of 0 to 20.

Failure to perform one component implies a rating of 0 values in this component and the immediate failure of the UC. In case of failure in a componente the student/group may deliver a new work at the second time of evaluation.

As regulated, the minimum score required is 8 points in each component.

The final grade at UC corresponds to the average of the marks obtained in each of the evaluation components.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students who by law are exempted from verification of the conditions of attendance, are subjected to the same evaluation.

Classification improvement

According to the "General Rules for evaluation of students of FPCEUP" students can improve their grades only once by course, on one of the two evaluation periods immediately following that in which they passed and that the course has planned evaluation.
Improving the final classification in this course is possible by carrying out a new work on the component (or components) which students want to improve.