IOP2604 - Psychological Adjustment In The Work Context (IOP2604)
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Summary Lesson 1 - The Work Context and Psychological Well-Being IOP2604
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IOP2604 - Psychological Adjustment In The Work Context (IOP2604)
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University Of South Africa (Unisa)
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Work and Organizational Psychology
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Lesson 1 - The Work Context
and Psychological Well-Being
Created @February 2, 2023 4:14 PM
Class Psychological Adjustment IOP2604
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MyUnisa IOP2604 AND Rothman, I., & Cooper, L. (2015). Work and
organizational psychology, New York: Routledge AND Wissing, M.,
Potgieter, J., Guse, T., Khumalo, T., & Nel, L. (2014). Towards
flourishing: contextualising positive psychology. Pretoria: Van Schaik
Sources AND Venter, J. (2016b). The neuroscience of well-
beingPsychological adjustment in the work context course notes.
Pretoria: Unisa AND Nwoye, A. (2015). What is African psychology
the psychology of? Theory and Psychology
Work is a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for
recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rater that torpor
(idleness), in short, for a sort of life, rather that a Monday through
Friday sort of dying.
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Studs Terkel
Psychological well-being emphasizes psychological or emotional health in a
positive sense
Physical well-being includes objective physiological measures and subjective
assessment of bodily health
Lesson 1 - The Work Context and Psychological Well-Being 1
, Social well-being includes the quality of a person’s relationships with others
Psychological adjustment or normality refers to thinking, emotions and
behaviors that indicate that people cope adequately with tasks and demands
in the various lie roles, and manage in the situations where they can be
expected to manage, in certain circumstances and at certain stages of life
Maladjustment or abnormality refers to impairment in thinking, emotions,
perceptions, social and even physical behavior, which render people unable to
function effectively in tasks or situations they can be expected to cope with, in
certain circumstances at certain stages of life, in various life roles
Well-being:
Hedonic perspective Eudemonic perspective
well-being is experienced when well-being is experienced when an
pleasure is maximized and pain is individual functions well
avoided
Unemployment:
a person above a specified age lacking paid employment or self-employment, but
seeking paid work and currently available for work
Advantages of Work (Bergh 2011) Disadvantages of Work
Social support and community feelings Being overwhelmed undermines self-worth
Material rewards May be demeaning work
Sense of mastery / self-efficiency Exhaustion
Self-worth Excessive competitiveness
Social identity
Problem solving abilities
Lesson 1 - The Work Context and Psychological Well-Being 2
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