Information Package / Course Catalogue
Psychologicalaspectsandapplications of Working Life
Course Code: ÇEİ514
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Analysing and understanding of the dynamics influencing the psychological structure of working life; seraching new literature in this area, disclosure of the effects of culture on this issue, so that the dimensions of psychological explanation of the working life.

Course Content

Values and work values. Workplace norms. Attitudes and prejudices. Perception in work settings. Organizational communication processes. Work and motivation processes. Individual decision-making process. Conflict and conflict management. Power and influence the process.

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Learning Outcomes
1.Being able to comprehend scientific research method and process
2.Being able to recognize research methods in work psychology
3.Being able to comprehend individual and organizational functions of work psychology
4.Being able to evaluate work psychology globally
5.Being able to analyse current problems in work psychology
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Edt.: Neil Anderson vd. (2009). Endüstri, İş ve Örgüt Psikolojisi, 1.Cilt ve 2. Cilt, İstanbul: Literatür Yayınları.
2.Wayne F. Cascio. (1998). Applied Psychology in Human Resource Management, Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall.
3.Edt.: Steven G. Rogelberg. (2004). Handbook of Research Methods in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Scientific Method, Research Types and Data Collection
Week 2 - Theoretical
Scientific Research Process, Formal Structure of Research Paper
Week 3 - Theoretical
Research Methods In Work Psychology
Week 4 - Theoretical
Research Methods In Work Psychology
Week 5 - Theoretical
Measurement and Meta-Analysis in Work Psychology
Week 6 - Theoretical
Work Psychology Research Areas: Job Analysis, Job Design
Week 7 - Theoretical
Work Psychology Research Areas: Personnel Selection
Week 8 - Theoretical
Work Psychology Research Areas: Performance Evaluation, Individual And Team Training And Cross-Cultural Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Week 9 - Theoretical
Work Psychology Research Areas: Performance Evaluation, Individual And Team Training And Cross-Cultural Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Week 10 - Theoretical
Work Psychology Research Areas: Human-Environment-Machine Interaction and Counterproductive Behaviours in Workplace
Week 11 - Theoretical
Work Psychology Research Areas: Job Satisfaction, Job Motivation and Wage Systems
Week 12 - Theoretical
Work Psychology Research Areas: Stress and Career Management in Workplace
Week 13 - Theoretical
Work Psychology Research Areas: Organizational Justice, Communication and Leadership
Week 14 - Theoretical
Work Psychology Research Areas: Organization Theory and Organizational Culture
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Midterm Examination120121
Final Examination130131
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)122
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
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4
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026