Assignment requirements:

Please use British English. Please in APA style.

Part 1 – Interview

For this first part of the project, you are to select one individual and conduct a semi structured online interview about specific aspects of their job.

Interviewee (criteria)

• They must be 18 years or older employed full-time, but not self-employed;
• Work for an organisation that employs >50 staff; (as a guideline)
• Feel free to interview a friend or a relative; make sure they meet the criteria above

Interview Topic and Questions

Coverage: Occupational Stress and Wellbeing (JD-R Model); Resilience at Work

Proposed Interview Questions

1. What aspects of your role do you find stressful? Please provide examples (if needed, prompt with Demands elements of the JD-R model: role overload, poor work relationships, demands from clients, role ambiguity…)
2. How much control do you have over your job and how do you manage your stress levels at work? Please provide examples (if needed, prompt with Resources elements of the JD-R model: co-worker support, coaching, feedback, autonomy…)
3. How does your manager/leader and your organisation support staff health and wellbeing? What programmes/systems does your organisation have in place for wellbeing and/or stress management?
4. What initiatives/systems/changes would you like to see implemented at work to support your wellbeing and performance?

Conducting the Interview

• If you audio-record the interview to make further notes later, be sure to get the interviewee’s consent first.

Part 2 – Research-Informed Discussion

Interview Summary (+/-500 words) （10marks）

State the interviewee’s job role and sector and provide a summary of each interview question. Be sure to present the exact question you asked (as a heading), followed by a summary of the interviewee’s response in your own words (not a transcript).

Research-Informed Discussion (+/-2000 words)

Write a research-based discussion covering the following:

1. Theoretical overview/description of the job demands-resources model (15 marks)
2. A discussion of whether and how the matters arising from the interview reflect the findings and recommendations outlined in the literature. (40 marks)
3. For example, if your interviewee informs you that their organisation does not support/fund stress management and wellbeing initiatives, what does the research indicate are potential consequences for employee wellbeing and performance?
4. Based on the issues identified in the interview and your review of the literature, provide a set of recommendations for this organisation to improve its stress and wellbeing management and resilience-promoting practices (15 marks)
5. How would you expect the recommendations/changes to be received, based on your knowledge of individual response to change? (10 Marks)

(The assignment is graded out of 100. The remaining 10 marks are allocated to presentation and quality of writing).

Submission Details

• References: This assignment must include references from peer-reviewed journals and scholarly books
• Word count: Approximately 2500 words, plus or minus 10%.

The related readings:

I have uploaded a single file named “Stress/Wellbeing, Resilience and Change assignment”. There are references/articles listing related to this assignment suggested by course lecturer in that file. You can reference articles from this list.

I also uploaded six files, including textbook readings and additional readings. As following:

Course required readings included textbook readings:

The Transactional Model of Stress and Coping (I uploaded the file in the flatform)

Biggs, A., Brough, P., & Drummond, S. (2017). Lazarus and Folkman’s psychological stress and coping theory. The handbook of stress and health: A guide to research and practice, 349-364.

Only read up to the heading ‘Coping Taxonomy Critiques’ on p355

The Job Demands Resources Model ( I have uploaded the file in the flatform)

Taris, T. W., & Schaufeli, W. B. (2015). The job demands‐resources model. The Wiley Blackwell handbook of the psychology of occupational safety and workplace health, 155-180.

A little more in depth than the usual textbook content, but this reading will serve you well when it comes to the final project.

Building employee resilience through wellbeing in organizations ( uploaded the file in the platform)

‌Tonkin, K., Malinen, S., Näswall, K., & Kuntz, J. C. (2018). Building employee resilience through wellbeing in organizations. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 29(2), 107-124.

Chapter 28 of the book An introduction to work and organizational psychology: An international perspective (3rd ed.) : Resilience Development Through an Organization-Led Well-Being Initiative

(I didn’t provide this chapter of the book. Can you please find it on your own?)

This Book’s Title: Chmiel, N., Fraccaroli, F., & Sverke, M. (Eds.). (2017). An introduction to work and organizational psychology: An international perspective (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons.

Chapter 13 of the book An introduction to work and organizational psychology: An international perspective (3rd ed.) : How do we react when our organization changes (I have uploaded the file in the platform)

Additional resources:

Successful Organizational Change: Integrating the Management Practice and Scholarly Literatures (I uploaded the file in the platform)

Kuntz, J. R., Malinen, S., & Näswall, K. (2017). Employee resilience: Directions for resilience development. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 69(3), 223. (I have uploaded the file in the platform)