Browsing Department of Psychosocial Science by Title
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Updating working memory in aircraft noise and speech causes different fMRI activations
(Scandinavian Psychological Associations and John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2014-10-28)The present study used fMRI/BOLD neuroimaging to investigate how visual-verbal working memory is updated when exposed to three different background-noise conditions: speech noise, aircraft noise and silence. The number-updating ...Journal article -
Utmattelse, lederadferd og oppgaveprestasjon - Ledelse som mulig ressurs for ansattes oppgaveprestasjoner
(The University of Bergen, 2016-05-14)By performing a quantitative diary study and multilevel analysis this study looks at how percieved exhaustion influences task performance. The relation of instrumental and authentic leadership with task performance was ...Master thesis -
When do past events require explanation? Insights from social psychology
(Sage, 2017)Some past events incite more wonder about their causes than do others. For example, negative events require explanation more than positive events. We review social psychologists’ theoretical and empirical insights on what ...Journal article -
Work-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy and individual job support to increase work participation in common mental disorders: a randomised controlled multicentre trial
(BMJ (British Medical Journal), 2015-08-06)Objectives: Common mental disorders (CMDs) are a major cause of rising disability benefit expenditures. We urgently need evidence on programmes that can increase work participation in CMDs. The aim of this study was to ...Journal article -
Workplace bullying as an antecedent to job insecurity and intention to leave: a 6-month prospective study
(Wiley, 2014-07)Workplace bullying is a severe problem in contemporary working life, affecting up to 15 per cent of employees. Among the detrimental outcomes of bullying, it is even postulated as a major risk factor for exclusion from ...Journal article -
Workplace resources to improve both employeewell-being and performance: A systematic reviewand meta-analysis
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Organisations are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of employees in gaining and maintaining competitive advantage. The happy worker–productive worker thesis suggests that workers who experience high levels of ...Journal article -
Worry and its correlates onboard cruise ships
(Via Medica, 2013)The present study examined job-specific worry, as well as possible predictors of such worry, namelyjob-specific self-efficacy and supervisor dispositionism. 133 non-supervising crew members at differentdepartments onboard ...Journal article
