PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK AND CAREER COUNSELING WITH LAB
Module PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK AND CAREER COUNSELING

Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: GRAZIELLA DI MARCO

Expected Learning Outcomes

The course aims to illustrate the main aspects that characterize the psychology of work.


Through the topics covered, which refer to both individual characteristics (interests, values, skills) and environmental ones (organizational climate and culture, safety at work, psychosocial risks), it will be possible to outline the complex dynamics that exist between people, groups and context organization and their effects on the individual perception of work experience.


Approaches to career support and career prospects planning will also be analyzed. The theoretical tools acquired will allow to deepen the activities that characterize the career counseling interventions. At the end of the course, students will have to know the theories and models of work psychology and have acquired the conceptual tools that, in professional practice, allow them to interpret their own and others' work activity in terms of potential and criticality

Course Structure

The course includes lectures.

Required Prerequisites

               Knowledge of the basic contents of general psychology

Attendance of Lessons

Strongly recommended

Detailed Course Content

              The program includes an in-depth study of the main issues that qualify the work activity. Specifically: health and safety; motivational                       theories; working values; vocational identity; career guidance and support; occupational stress; mobbing.

Textbook Information

  •   Argentero, P., Cortese, C., Piccardo, C. (2016). Psicologia del lavoro. Milano: Raffaello Cortina (400 pp. circa)
  • Educational material on career counseling provided by the teacher

Course Planning

 SubjectsText References
1History, development and professional perspectives in occupational psychologyArgentero, P., Cortese, C., Piccardo, C. (2016). Psicologia del lavoro
2Research methods and techniques in work psychologyArgentero, P., Cortese, C., Piccardo, C. (2016). Psicologia del lavoro
3Environment and safety at workArgentero, P., Cortese, C., Piccardo, C. (2016). Psicologia del lavoro
4Individual differencesArgentero, P., Cortese, C., Piccardo, C. (2016). Psicologia del lavoro
5The competenceArgentero, P., Cortese, C., Piccardo, C. (2016). Psicologia del lavoro
6The motivationArgentero, P., Cortese, C., Piccardo, C. (2016). Psicologia del lavoro
7Job satisfactionArgentero, P., Cortese, C., Piccardo, C. (2016). Psicologia del lavoro
8Work well-beingArgentero, P., Cortese, C., Piccardo, C. (2016). Psicologia del lavoro
9Psychosocial risksArgentero, P., Cortese, C., Piccardo, C. (2016). Psicologia del lavoro
10Counterproductive behaviorsArgentero, P., Cortese, C., Piccardo, C. (2016). Psicologia del lavoro
11The carreerArgentero, P., Cortese, C., Piccardo, C. (2016). Psicologia del lavoro
12Personal values in organizational contextsArgentero, P., Cortese, C., Piccardo, C. (2016). Psicologia del lavoro
13The psychology of entrepreneurshipArgentero, P., Cortese, C., Piccardo, C. (2016). Psicologia del lavoro
14Professional orientationEducational material provided by the teacher
15Career CounselingEducational material provided by the teacher

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Oral examination.

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises


·          What is diversity management?

·          What are the principles of ergonomics?

·         What are the main motivational theories?

·          How is the job demands-resources model articulated?

·          What is the role of moral disengagement in counterproductive behavior?

·         What are the goals of career counseling?