This class exists in these courses :
• IÉSEG > IESEG Degree - Programme Grande École > Semester 1 > 2,00 ECTS
• IÉSEG > IESEG Degree - Programme Grande École > Semester 2 > 2,00 ECTS

Prerequisites

Preferably, students need to have had a course in organizational behavior and research methods

Learning outcomes

This course will present to students concepts and models in the topic of job stress and its management. These will be allways scientifically-based. Students will also learn leading job-stress models and coping strategies, and apply them to simulated work situations. The course is built stricktly on quantitative research methods

Course description

- Models and concepts in stress
- Assessment in stress
- Biology of stress
- Health consequences of stress
- Effects of stress on decision making
- Economic implications of stress
- Leading job-stress models
- Stress in the industry, teachers, and middle managers
- Effects of stress management & practice

Class type

Class structure

- Presence in all lectures
- Interactive participation
- Preparing and giving a group presentation

Course material : Slides only

Teaching methods

• Lecture
• Presentation

Assessment

1.Multiple-choice exam (75%)
2.Group presentation of a scientific paper on job stress or its management (25%)