Gunnela Westlander’s professional interests reflect her background in applied social psychology. Since the late 1960s, she has devoted herself to research in the work sciences, focusing principally on the social-psychological perspectives of work designs, production techniques, computer use and organizational changes. She has held faculty positions at Stockholm University since 1974 and became associate professor of the Department of Psychology in 1977. From 1984 to 1995 she was professor and director of the Division of Social and Organizational Psychology at Sweden’s National Institute of Occupational Health. Then, in 1996, she became professor emerita.

Professor Westlander has had extensive experience as a researcher, teacher, educator, adviser, and author in the field of the social psychology of working life. From the 1970s onward she provides instruction, guidance and supervision, at the Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm and the University of Stockholm. She has held a number of expert assignments and served as both member and chairwoman for granting committees in Sweden and Norway.

Primary Interests:

Applied Social Psychology
Attitudes and Beliefs
Communication, Language
Gender Psychology
Group Processes
Health Psychology
Interpersonal Processes
Motivation, Goal Setting
Organizational Behavior
Research Methods, Assessment
Social Cognition

Applied Social Psychology
Attitudes and Beliefs
Communication, Language
Gender Psychology
Group Processes
Health Psychology

Interpersonal Processes
Motivation, Goal Setting
Organizational Behavior
Research Methods, Assessment
Social Cognition

Books:

Fingerhut, M., Van Dijk, F., Dybing, E., Hagmar, L., Hemminki, K., Lambert, J., Schneider, T., Uusitalo, H., & Westlander, G. (2004). Toward a better working life. International Evaluation of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (1997-2003). Reports 2004:11. Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Helsinki.
Westlander, G. (2010). När mentorskap och coaching sätter djupa spår. Mellanchefer blickar bakåt. Stockholm: GMLförlag. ISBN 978-91-86215- 42-2 (title in English: When mentoring and coaching leave lasting impressions)
Westlander, G. (1999). People at work: Investigating social-psychological contexts. Lund, Sweden: Studentlitteratur.
Westlander, G., & Stellman, J. (Eds). (1988). Government policy and women's health care: The Swedish alternative. New York: Haworth Press.

Journal Articles:

Other Publications:

Garvey, B., & Westlander, G. (forthcoming 2012). Training mentors - Behaviours which bring positive outcomes in mentoring. In: Passmore, J., Peterson, D., & T. Freire, (Eds.) Handbook of the psychology of coaching and mentoring. London: Wiley – Blackwell.
Westlander, G. (2007). Psychometric concerns in the assessment of intervention effects. Research Report no. 868, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University.
Westlander, G. (2006). Confidence in self-report questionnaires results: An issue for the intervention researcher. In W. Karwowski (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors (2nd ed., pp. 3058-3062). Boca Raton: CRC Press.
Westlander, G. (2006). Researcher roles in Action Research. In K. Aagaard Nielsen & L. Svensson (Eds.), Action and Interactive Research – Beyond Practice and Theory. Maastricht: Shaker Publishing. ISBN 90-423-0289-5
Westlander, G. (2002). Book review. [Review of the book The Case for Pragmatic Psychology, by Daniel B. Fishman]. European Journal of Work & Organizational Psychology, 11(4), 473-475.
Westlander, G. (1997). Psychosocial factors and organizational management. In ILO Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety (4th ed., Vol. 2, part 5, pp. 35.1-35.10). Geneva: International Labor Office.

Courses Taught:

Advanced Methodology in the Research of Change Processes
Health Promoting Interventions in Working Life
Human Aspects of Organizational Change Processes
Organization Management and Work Psychology
Organization Psychology
Organization Theory and Change Processes
Organizational Psychology
Qualitative Research Interviews
The Study of Work Practice
Work Psychology: Human Work in Production and Systems Development from the Perspective of Socio-Psychological Conditions

Advanced Methodology in the Research of Change Processes
Health Promoting Interventions in Working Life
Human Aspects of Organizational Change Processes
Organization Management and Work Psychology
Organization Psychology
Organization Theory and Change Processes

Organizational Psychology
Qualitative Research Interviews
The Study of Work Practice
Work Psychology: Human Work in Production and Systems Development from the Perspective of Socio-Psychological Conditions

Gunnela Westlander
Vanadisvägen 22A
SE-113 46 Stockholm
Sweden

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