Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

3° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
5
B
CHIM/07 ,MED/44 ,MED/50
5
B
IUS/07 ,MED/42 ,MED/50 ,M-PSI/06
Final exam
7
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
5
B
CHIM/07 ,MED/44 ,MED/50
5
B
IUS/07 ,MED/42 ,MED/50 ,M-PSI/06
Final exam
7
E
-

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S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Teaching code

4S006099

Credits

3

Coordinator

Lorenzo Avanzi

Language

Italian

The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to provide students with the notions necessary to understand how individuals interact with their work environment. In particular themes such as work-related stress and safety in workplaces will be highlighted. Furthermore, prevention and safety communication items will be presented in a sociological perspective.

Program

Psychology of work and organization. The course introduces the major theoretical approaches, to the psychosocial risk factors, and to the evaluation and the interventions on the work-related stress. The issues concern the methodology of psychosocial research, with particular regard to research in work psychology and its links to the workers’ health and safety.
Topics covered in the course will are:
First, a methodological introduction in order to introduce students to the scientific study of working behaviors and attitudes;
Second, course will focus on work-related stress as an emerging phenomenon.
In particular, the course will be divided in this way:
1. Introduction to the psychosocial research methodology:
- What is it and how to set up a research design
- Experiments, quasi-experiments, observation, case studies, archival research, survey
- The problem of measurement in psychology
- Nominal, ordinal and cardinal variables
2. Work-related stress:
- Definition of the stress process: a brief historical review
- Description of the antecedents and consequences of the stress phenomenon
- Impact of personal factors
- Role of theoretical models
- How to set up an evaluation of work-related stress
- Notes on prevention activities.

-Fraccaroli F. e Balducci C. (2011) “Stress e rischi psicosociali nelle organizzazioni” – Il Mulino (+ slides)

Bibliography

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Fraccaroli F. & Balducci C. Stress e rischi psicosociali nelle organizzazioni, (Edizione 1) il Mulino, Bologna 2014 978-88-15-15071-4
Lupton Deborah Il Rischio il Mulino 1999
Strati Antonio La comunicazione organizzativa Carocci 2013 capitoli 1, 2 e 4
Bruni, A. La sicurezza organizzativa. Un'etnografia in sala operatoria Carocci 2011
Galatino Maria Grazia La società della sicurezza. La costruzione sociale della sicurezza in situazioni di emergenza Franco Angeli 2010 capitoli 1 e 4
Gosetti Giorgio Lavoro frammentato, rischio diffuso. Lavoratori e prevenzione al tempo della flessibilità Franco Angeli 2012
Luhmann Niklas Sociologia del rischio Mondadori 1991 capitoli 1 e 10

Examination Methods

Written exam. The exam could become oral in case of constraints due to the pandemic.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE