Social psychology in Organizations specialization at Leiden University

Lecture 1: Positive Psychology

Positive Psychology: the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive

Positive organizational behavior (POB): the study and application of positively oriented human resource strengths and psychological capacities that can be measured, developed, and effectively managed for

Social psychology in Organizations specialization at Leiden University

Lecture 3: Working together

Why is it important for employees to trust their supervisor?

Subordinates who trust their leaders are:

-more satisfied

-more committed

-wanting to leave the workspace less

-show more altruism at work

The repair of trust

Theories of

Social psychology in Organizations specialization at Leiden University

Lecture 5: Trouble in Paradise

Workplace victimization

Workplace victimization: The harming of an employee's well-being by an act of aggression perpetrated by one or more members of the organisation (Aquino & Thau, 2009)

Harming: The thwarting of a fundamental psychological need, such as the need to belong, the ability