D10.2
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Stream D
| Saturday, October 31, 2026 |
| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Overview
Alliance for Organizational Psychology: Psychological Aspects of Leadership Challenges in a Rapidly Changing World | 30 mins | Panel
Presenter
Dr. Pär Löfstrand
Mid Sweden University/Alliance for Organizational Psychology
Alliance for Organizational Psychology: Psychological Aspects of Leadership Challenges in a Rapidly Changing World
2:30 PM - 3:00 PMAbstract
This is The Alliance of Organiztional Psychologys panel session. Two more panelists will take part in the panel discussion.
Leaders today operate in an environment characterized by rapid technological transformation, geopolitical uncertainty, cultural complexity, and evolving organizational structures. These developments place increasing psychological demands on leaders’ cognitive, emotional, and social capacities, while reshaping expectations of effective leadership. This panel will explore the psychological dimensions of global leadership in the context of accelerating change, with a particular focus on how leaders perceive, interpret, and respond to complex, uncertain, and high-demand environments.
Particular attention will be given to leaders’ role in shaping psychosocial work conditions, including the creation of psychologically healthy, inclusive, and sustainable work environments. Leadership behaviors play a central role in influencing employees’ well-being, motivation, and performance, especially in hybrid, digital, and cross-cultural contexts.
The panel will also examine the role of leadership training and development programs in strengthening leaders’ psychological competencies and their capacity to foster healthy psychosocial work conditions. Evidence-based leadership training can enhance self-awareness, emotional regulation, communication, and supportive leadership behaviors, which are critical for promoting trust, engagement, and psychological safety. Such programs can also equip leaders with tools to recognize and address stress, prevent burnout, and create organizational climates that support both performance and well-being.
Bringing together researchers and practitioners, the panel aims to integrate psychological theory, empirical research, and practical experience from leadership development initiatives across different cultural and organizational contexts.
The panel will identify key challenges, share lessons learned, and outline future directions for psychological research and practice in global leadership development.
Leaders today operate in an environment characterized by rapid technological transformation, geopolitical uncertainty, cultural complexity, and evolving organizational structures. These developments place increasing psychological demands on leaders’ cognitive, emotional, and social capacities, while reshaping expectations of effective leadership. This panel will explore the psychological dimensions of global leadership in the context of accelerating change, with a particular focus on how leaders perceive, interpret, and respond to complex, uncertain, and high-demand environments.
Particular attention will be given to leaders’ role in shaping psychosocial work conditions, including the creation of psychologically healthy, inclusive, and sustainable work environments. Leadership behaviors play a central role in influencing employees’ well-being, motivation, and performance, especially in hybrid, digital, and cross-cultural contexts.
The panel will also examine the role of leadership training and development programs in strengthening leaders’ psychological competencies and their capacity to foster healthy psychosocial work conditions. Evidence-based leadership training can enhance self-awareness, emotional regulation, communication, and supportive leadership behaviors, which are critical for promoting trust, engagement, and psychological safety. Such programs can also equip leaders with tools to recognize and address stress, prevent burnout, and create organizational climates that support both performance and well-being.
Bringing together researchers and practitioners, the panel aims to integrate psychological theory, empirical research, and practical experience from leadership development initiatives across different cultural and organizational contexts.
The panel will identify key challenges, share lessons learned, and outline future directions for psychological research and practice in global leadership development.
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Pär Löfstrand represents the Alliance of Organizational Psychology and is an assistant professor in psychology from Mid Sweden University. He will be charing this session. He is research leader for two ongoing research projects related to leadership in the Swedish public sector.
Professor Stig Vinberg
Mid Sweden University, Sweden
Alliance for Organizational Psychology: Psychological Aspects of Leadership Challenges in a Rapidly Changing World
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM.....
I am a Senior Professor at the Department of Health Sciences in the field of Occupational Health Science. I hold a Master of Science in Engineering with a specialization in Human Work Sciences. I obtained my PhD in 2006 from Luleå University of Technology. I was appointed Associate Professor in 2009 and promoted to Professor of Health Sciences with a specialization in Working Life in 2012 at Mid Sweden University.
I have extensive experience in research, teaching, and collaboration through positions within academia as well as national public agencies and organizations, including the Swedish National Institute of Public Health, the National Institute for Working Life, the Swedish Working Life Fund, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, and occupational health services.
Throughout my professional career, my research has had a clear interdisciplinary and applied focus. My research interests include health-promoting workplaces, organizational change in private and public organizations, leadership and health, health and working conditions in small enterprises, and work-oriented rehabilitation with a particular focus on organizational aspects.
I have been actively involved in several national and international projects addressing work environment and health in private and public organizations, leadership and health, rehabilitation from an organizational perspective, the health and working conditions of small business owners, occupational health and safety management in small enterprises, and work–life balance.
Currently, I am involved in projects focusing on leadership challenges in the public sector and mining industry, activity-based working methods and workplaces, and work environment issues in small enterprises.
Mrs Emily Douglass
Grit Consultancy
Alliance for Organizational Psychology: Psychological Aspects of Leadership Challenges in a Rapidly Changing World
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM.....
