Fundamentals of Human Resources Psychology

Recommended Prerequisites

Basic knowledge on Organizational Psychology.

Teaching Methods

Lectures. Debates. Individual and group activities (e.g., case studies, analysis/discussion of texts, simulations, role-playing, practical exercises).

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the curricular unit students should be able to:

- Indicate and describe explanatory theories related to Human Resources Psychology;

- Identify, define and discuss psychological concepts related to the human resource management function, the various relationships/various contracts of employees with the organization, career and its management, knowledge management, and decent work.

- Diagnose and evaluate individual, group and organizational contexts related to Human Resource Psychology

It is also expected that students will develop the following competencies:

1. Basic Competences:

- Auto-management;

- Information management;

- Communication;

- Teamwork.

2. Objectives/Professional Competences:

- Needs analysis;

- Individual, group and organizational assessment; 

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- Historical evolution of human resources management function;

- The role of human resources management in organizations;

- Human resources management and organizational strategy;

- Relations with employees and the psychological contract;

- Organizational commitment;

- Career and its management;

- Knowledge management;

- Decent work.

Head Lecturer(s)

Leonor Maria Gonçalves Pacheco Pais

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Frequency: 50.0%
Synthesis work: 50.0%

Bibliography

Ferraro, T., Pais, L., dos Santos, N. R., & Moreira, J. M. (2018). The Decent Work Questionnaire: Development and validation in two samples of knowledge workers. International Labour Review, 157(2), 243–265. https://doi.org/10.1111/ilr.12039

Gracia, F.J., Martínez-Tur, V. y Peiró, J.M. (2001). Tendencias y controversias en el futuro de la gestión y del desarrollo de los recursos humanos. En E. Agulló y A. Obejero (Coord.), Trabajo, individuo y sociedad. Perspectivas psicosociológicas sobre el futuro del trabajo. Madrid: Pirámide.

Millward, L.J. & Brewerton, P.M. (2000). Psychological Contracts: Employee Relations for the Twenty-first Century? In C. Cooper & I. Robertson (eds.) Int. Review of Industrial and Organisational Psychology (1-62) Chichester, U.K.: John Wiley.

Noe, R., Hollenbeck,J., Gerhart,B., & Wright, P.(2018) Fundamentals of human resource management (7^th Ed). Boston: McGrawHill.