title: Learned helplessness at work.
abstract: The development of theory and research on learned helplessness is reviewed and criticized on some points, e.g., for its reliance on artificial laboratory experiments. Some empirical findings are presented, indicating a connection between certain work characteristics and learned helplessness. Other research traditions have emphasized the importance of job qualifications, freedom of action, and development possibilities for well-being and health. There is, however, hardly and research on learned helplessness at work. Learned helplessness hypotheses should be tested on data from real life; if applied to work environment research, the theory of learned helplessness could generate important results.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lennerlöf
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000818:Animals; D001245:Association Learning; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D004285:Dogs; D006380:Helplessness, Learned; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008960:Models, Psychological; D051381:Rats; D014937:Work