Splendid
Hunter Ludlam Based on Ed Diener's recipe for happiness, Professor Elemental might be the happiest person alive based on his claims from...
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Organisational Psychology 2023 students
May 12, 20231 min read
Bodies
Mia Wild Bodies by Drowning Pool was very stressful to listen to, so how interesting that this week’s topics are stress and wellbeing. My...
Anna Sutton
May 10, 20232 min read
Authentic partying?
By Sophie Ardley and Anna Sutton Have you ever been in a social setting where you didn’t feel comfortable showing people your true self?...
Organisational Psychology 2023 students
May 5, 20231 min read
Wouldn't change a thing
Mia Wild I think that the main premise of this song is that Kylie went through a series of events or changes throughout her life, but...
Organisational Psychology 2023 students
Apr 28, 20231 min read
Ich will
Mia Wild Using Implicit Leadership Theory, I will discuss the Bridge of the song Rammstein - Ich Will. The lyrics: “we want that you...
Anna Sutton
Apr 12, 20231 min read
Improving work performance at the cost of well-being?
By Richard Potter and Anna Sutton HR professionals and managers often find themselves in the unenviable position of trying to balance the...
Organisational Psychology 2023 students
Apr 3, 20231 min read
Everything is awesome
Hunter Ludlum Why I do not want Emmet from the Lego movie on my team: As shown in the song "Everything is Awesome", Emmet is inept at...
Organisational Psychology 2023 students
Mar 26, 20232 min read
What you waiting for?
Mia Wild Gwen emphasises throughout the whole song that time is ticking, as per the “tick tock tick tock”. This reiterates that simply...
Organisational Psychology 2023 students
Mar 19, 20232 min read
You learn
Hunter Ludlam In the song 'You Learn', I think Alanis Morissette is suggesting that operant conditioning is the most effective way of...
Anna Sutton
Mar 15, 20232 min read
Returning to work after a critical incident: the role of peer support
By Zane Sheeran and Anna Sutton Working in policing can be hazardous, stressful and emotionally demanding. Across the world, officers...
Organisational Psychology 2023 students
Mar 12, 20232 min read
Why don't you get a job?
Daneka Moroney Verse two describes the couple's contrasted attitudes towards work. "She sits on her ass, he works his hands to the...
Organisational Psychology 2023 students
Mar 5, 20232 min read
War, what is it good for?
This week is the first in a series of blogs from my students at Waikato University in 2023. We have a song in the lecture and there's a...
PSYCH579 students
Oct 26, 20221 min read
Workplace friendships
By Jackson Cate The workplace can offer us much more than simply a source of income, it can be a source of happiness, motivation, and...
PSYCH579 students
Oct 19, 20222 min read
Working under the influence… of not enough sleep
By Zane Sheeran Would you show up to work drunk? For most of us that’s a big no, but many of us are happy to go to work fatigued,...
PSYCH579 students
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Acting out
Sophie Ardley Emotional labour is when we adapt our true emotions to emotions that are expected of us in a job, particularly in customer...
PSYCH579 students
Sep 22, 20221 min read
Pressure and Burnout
By Tiffanie Rodricks The World Health Organisation has identified burnout due to a continuously fast paced work environment as an...
PSYCH579 students
Aug 29, 20222 min read
Are you ignoring impending burnout?
By Melissa Goodman Workplace employee burnout is a well-known concept, but do we really know what it means? The basic concept can be...
PSYCH579 students
Aug 18, 20221 min read
Working the night shift
By Abi Clarke Working night shifts means that people need to change their regular sleep-wake cycle, and become accustomed to nocturnal...
PSYCH579 students
Aug 15, 20221 min read
Decisions, decisions
by Mitchell Williams Psychological capital describes the internal resources that we can draw upon at work to perform better and have...
PSYCH579 students
Aug 9, 20222 min read
Building a resilient workforce
By Melissa Goodman We all want a workforce in Aotearoa that is thriving, booming, engaged and resilient, right? Words and phrases such as...
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