The faculty of psychology is glad to welcome a new member: Dr. Alexandra Michel who is gonig to be acting professor at the department of work, organizational, and business psychology at the Ruhr-University Bochum in winter semester 2013/14 and in sommer semester 2014.
You see the team of dept. of work and organizational psychology (from the left): Rüdiger Hossiep, Helen Ostermann, Jan Tannen, Melanie Steckelberg (kneeling), Carsten Lienenkamp, Alexa Kemper, Alexandra Michel, Frank Stein (kneeling), Karin Gudat, Kai Externbrink, Lisa Vitting, Marc Solga and Gabriele Elke.
News and publications
call for papers: Designing and Evaluating Resource-Oriented Interventions
Special Issue:
Designing and Evaluating Resource-Oriented Interventions to Enhance Well-being, Health and Performance at Work
Special Issue Guest Editors:
Dr. Alexandra Michel, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Dr. Deirdre O’Shea, University of Limerick, Ireland
Prof. Dr. Annekatrin Hoppe, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Ansätze Positiver Psychologie – Sinnvoll auch im Arbeitskontext?
Workshop-Vortrag von Dr. Alexandra Michel anlässlich des Landes-Psychologen-Tags NRW am 09.11.2013 in Essen:
Seit den 90er Jahren beschäftigt sich die Psychologie verstärkt mit der Frage, was Menschen zufrieden macht oder wie sie ihr Wohlbefinden steigern können. Diese Forschungsrichtung wird als Positive Psychologie bezeichnet. Bisherige Forschung konnte zeigen, dass sich die Lebensqualität verbessern lässt, indem Menschen ihren Blick auf positive Erfahrungen im Alltag richten.
Ziel dieses Workshops ist es zu erarbeiten, wie Ansätze Positiver Psychologie im Arbeitskontext genutzt werden können, um Wohlbefinden und Engagement von Mitarbeitern und Führungskräften zu steigern.
The Psychology of Organizational Change
In a rapidly changing world, with constantly shifting dynamics, organizational change may prove essential if businesses are to continue to succeed. The majority of research on organizational change adopts a macro outlook, focusing on strategic issues from the perspective of the organization and its management. In this volume we undertake a micro perspective, focusing on the individual and, more specifically, the importance of the employees and their reactions to organizational change. This focus expands our understanding of why change initiatives frequently fail. 'The Psychology of Organizational Change' constitutes an essential resource for scholars, students, and practitioners in the field of organizational change and development who strive to understand how to make change work not only for the organization, but also for its members.