The Psychology of Leadership

The course covers both theoretical and practical aspects of leadership from a psychological perspective.

From a variety of starting points based on the psychological research literature, the course provides advanced knowledge of current issues relating to working life, such as the conditions of leadership and their effects for managers, employees and organisations. Issues regarding gender, ethnicity and social status will also be addressed in the course.

The course has a practical component where students will gather information from a specific context in order to highlight theories and research results in relation to a use case.

As a registered student on this course you will find detailed course information and communication in the learning platform Athena. Login with your university account.

This course will be given in the second half of the spring semester, half-time studies.


Teaching Format

Compulsory elements may occur in the course. These are stated in the schedule and explained in more detail in the course instructions.

Detailed information can be found in the current syllabus and the course instructions for the course. A link to the syllabus can be found here on the page and the course instructions are posted on the course website in the university's learning platform no later than the start of the course.

Learning outcomes

The learning outcomes for this course are listed in the syllabus.

Assessment

Information about the forms of assessments for this course are listed in the syllabus and explained in detail in the course instructions.

You will find the dates for the examinations in the schedule.

The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course.


Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.

In case the course literature list is missing, please check with the course leader before buying any expensive books etc.

Course reports are displayed for the three most recent course instances.







Course leaders/examiners
Johnny Hellgren, jhn@psychology.su.se, and Magnus Sverke, magnus.sverke@psychology.su.se

Registered students should primarily use our learning platform for teacher communication.

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