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Dr. Delia Vîrgă
West University of Timisoara Department of Psychology

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Empirical paper
Published: 14 May 2021 in Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
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This study investigates the effects of psychological needs satisfaction on teacher’s commitment, over and above the impact of social and organizational resources, by building a model based on the Job Demands‐Resources theory, Self‐Determination Theory, and Conservation of Resources Theory. Hierarchical multiple regressions with data obtained from a sample of 301 Romanian teachers (89% women) reveal that psychological needs satisfaction explains a significant amount of variance in teacher commitment, compared to the variance explained by social resources and organizational resources (affective and normative organizational commitment). These results highlight the role of needs’ satisfaction in predicting teachers’ commitment and provide valuable information for practitioners aiming to design interventions to increase teachers’ commitment.

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Rosana Stan; Delia Vîrgă. Psychological needs matter more than social and organizational resources in explaining organizational commitment. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 2021, 1 .

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Rosana Stan, Delia Vîrgă. Psychological needs matter more than social and organizational resources in explaining organizational commitment. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 2021; ():1.

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Rosana Stan; Delia Vîrgă. 2021. "Psychological needs matter more than social and organizational resources in explaining organizational commitment." Scandinavian Journal of Psychology , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 06 May 2021 in Learning and Individual Differences
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Based on the Conservation of Resources theory (COR) and the Job Demands-Resources theory (JD-R), we propose a model in which intrinsic motivation mediates the relation between teacher's support and study-related well-being (engagement, burnout, and boredom). We tested the model in two different ways, with two different samples. 377 High School students and 322 University students completed questionnaires at the beginning (T1), the middle (T2), and at the end of the second semester (T3). The proposed model was fully supported by the cross-sectional analysis of data collected in the first wave. However, analysis of the longitudinal data revealed that, while intrinsic motivation mediated the relationship between teacher's support and student well-being in the high school sample, in the case of university students, intrinsic motivation mediated only the path from teacher's support to student burnout. The study shows that accumulation of resources across the semester predicts engagement at the end of the semester, and lack of resources predicts burnout and boredom among students. Also, increasing and encouraging supportive behaviors from the teachers in high school can positively impact study-related well-being.

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Zselyke Pap; Delia Vîrgă; Daria Lupșa; Mariana Crașovan. Building more than knowledge: Teacher's support facilitates study-related well-being through intrinsic motivation. A longitudinal multi-group analysis. Learning and Individual Differences 2021, 88, 102010 .

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Zselyke Pap, Delia Vîrgă, Daria Lupșa, Mariana Crașovan. Building more than knowledge: Teacher's support facilitates study-related well-being through intrinsic motivation. A longitudinal multi-group analysis. Learning and Individual Differences. 2021; 88 ():102010.

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Zselyke Pap; Delia Vîrgă; Daria Lupșa; Mariana Crașovan. 2021. "Building more than knowledge: Teacher's support facilitates study-related well-being through intrinsic motivation. A longitudinal multi-group analysis." Learning and Individual Differences 88, no. : 102010.

Research article
Published: 09 March 2021 in Evaluation & the Health Professions
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The present research aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Romanian version of the Proactive Vitality Management (PVM) scale. Based on the Job Demands-Resources theory, PVM is a proactive behavior that helps employees manage energy at work. Two studies were conducted to test the reliability and validity of the PVM scale. The first study (N = 477) aimed to validate the Romanian version of PVM and test for measurement invariance related to gender. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis indicated a one-factor model and good values of the fit indices. Moreover, the indicators of measurement invariance showed no difference between men and women; both groups interpret the measure in a conceptually similar way. The second study (N = 307) cross-validated the one-factor model, tested discriminant and criterion validity between PVM and other constructs, such as psychological detachment and well-being (e.g., work engagement, health). The results indicated that PVM is indeed a one-factor construct associated with well-being indicators and unrelated to psychological detachment. From a practical perspective, the PVM scale is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing proactive energy management in organizations and developing strategies and interventions for employees to function optimally and reach their work-related well-being. The study also provides evidence of the PVM in the Job Demands-Resources theory as a proactive behavior at work, which represents a new strategy for employees to function optimally at work by deciding when and how to manage their energy.

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Alexandra Bălăceanu; Delia Vîrgă; Paul Sârbescu. Psychometric Evaluation of the Proactive Vitality Management Scale: Invariance, Convergent, and Discriminant Validity of the Romanian Version. Evaluation & the Health Professions 2021, 1 .

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Alexandra Bălăceanu, Delia Vîrgă, Paul Sârbescu. Psychometric Evaluation of the Proactive Vitality Management Scale: Invariance, Convergent, and Discriminant Validity of the Romanian Version. Evaluation & the Health Professions. 2021; ():1.

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Alexandra Bălăceanu; Delia Vîrgă; Paul Sârbescu. 2021. "Psychometric Evaluation of the Proactive Vitality Management Scale: Invariance, Convergent, and Discriminant Validity of the Romanian Version." Evaluation & the Health Professions , no. : 1.

Research article
Published: 03 March 2021 in Psychological Reports
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Job resources play a prominent role in employee performance literature, yet a fine-grained understanding of how resources are relevant for several performance types is still needed. Relying on the Job Demands-Resources and Conservation of Resources theories, the present study addresses this call in two ways. First, it examines the predictive effect of four job resources (i.e., role clarity, feedback, autonomy, and opportunities for development) on nine types of performance (i.e., proficiency, adaptivity, and proactivity as an individual, team, and organization member). Second, it tests the moderator role of strengths use in these relationships. Data was gathered from a sample of Romanian employees (N = 332) and analyzed via hierarchical multiple linear regression. The results indicate that the selected job resources are, indeed, predictors of different types of employee performance and not in a unitary manner. Role clarity and feedback appear to be the most relevant predictors for various performance types, while autonomy seems to be the least important. Also, strengths use moderates these relationships, but in a reinforcing manner only regarding opportunities for development. The interaction of strengths use with role clarity and feedback renders the latter two obsolete, indicating that individual strategies may act as substitutes for job resources. These findings add to the Job Demands-Resources theory's versatile nature and provide more clarity to practitioners who plan interventions to enhance specific performance types, taking individual strategies into account.

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Luca Tisu; Andrei Rusu; Coralia Sulea; Delia Vîrgă. Job Resources and Strengths Use in Relation to Employee Performance: A Contextualized View. Psychological Reports 2021, 1 .

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Luca Tisu, Andrei Rusu, Coralia Sulea, Delia Vîrgă. Job Resources and Strengths Use in Relation to Employee Performance: A Contextualized View. Psychological Reports. 2021; ():1.

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Luca Tisu; Andrei Rusu; Coralia Sulea; Delia Vîrgă. 2021. "Job Resources and Strengths Use in Relation to Employee Performance: A Contextualized View." Psychological Reports , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 15 December 2020 in Sustainability
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In today’s global context, entrepreneurship is recognized as the engine of sustainable economic growth, competitiveness and employment in the economy of any nation. In order to improve the measures aimed at encouraging the creation of new businesses, an enhanced understanding of the drivers of nascent entrepreneurship seems essential. Drawing on planned behavior theory and the approach of entrepreneurial perceived behavioral control (PBC) as a motivational antecedent in starting a new business, the current study seeks to understand how the personal characteristics of the entrepreneurs influence entrepreneurial PBC. Three types of characteristics were assessed in a sample of 212 Romanian nascent entrepreneurs: personality traits (Big Five model), empathy, and assertiveness. The hierarchical multilinear regression analysis, in which entrepreneurial PBC was treated as a dependent variable, showed that the model with the highest explanatory power for the variance of results of entrepreneurial PBC included characteristics from all three levels: personality traits—Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Openness; empathy—personal distress and perspective-taking; and adaptive assertiveness. Additionally, the findings showed that adaptive assertiveness provides an effect over and above personality factors and empathy on the entrepreneurial PBC. The practical implications of these findings indicate that to enhance the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education programs, components aiming to enhance internal personal resources of entrepreneurs (such as assertive communication skills) should be added.

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Elena-Loreni Baciu; Delia Vîrgă; Theofild-Andrei Lazăr; Delia Gligor; Cecilia-Nicoleta Jurcuț. The Association between Entrepreneurial Perceived Behavioral Control, Personality, Empathy, and Assertiveness in a Romanian Sample of Nascent Entrepreneurs. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10490 .

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Elena-Loreni Baciu, Delia Vîrgă, Theofild-Andrei Lazăr, Delia Gligor, Cecilia-Nicoleta Jurcuț. The Association between Entrepreneurial Perceived Behavioral Control, Personality, Empathy, and Assertiveness in a Romanian Sample of Nascent Entrepreneurs. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (24):10490.

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Elena-Loreni Baciu; Delia Vîrgă; Theofild-Andrei Lazăr; Delia Gligor; Cecilia-Nicoleta Jurcuț. 2020. "The Association between Entrepreneurial Perceived Behavioral Control, Personality, Empathy, and Assertiveness in a Romanian Sample of Nascent Entrepreneurs." Sustainability 12, no. 24: 10490.

Journal article
Published: 09 December 2020 in Medicina
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Background and Objectives: The population has been overwhelmed with false information related to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, spreading rapidly through social media and other channels. We aimed to investigate if frontline healthcare workers affected by infodemia show different psychological consequences than frontline clinicians who do not declare to be affected by false news related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: One hundred twenty-six frontline healthcare workers from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Emergency Departments in Romania completed a survey to assess stress, depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders, between March and April 2020. We split the sample of frontline healthcare workers into two groups based on the self-evaluated criteria: if they were or were not affected by infodemia in their activity. Results: Considering limitations such as the cross-sectional design, the lack of causality relationship, and the sample size, the results show that, the frontline medical workers who declared to be affected by false news were significantly more stressed, felt more anxiety, and suffered more from insomnia than healthcare workers who are not affected by false information related to pandemic time. Conclusions: The infodemia has significant psychological consequences such as stress, anxiety, and insomnia on already overwhelmed doctors and nurses in the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. These findings suggest that medical misinformation’s psychological implications must be considered when different interventions regarding frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic are implemented.

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Ica Secosan; Delia Virga; Zorin Crainiceanu; Lavinia Bratu; Tiberiu Bratu. Infodemia: Another Enemy for Romanian Frontline Healthcare Workers to Fight during the COVID-19 Outbreak. Medicina 2020, 56, 679 .

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Ica Secosan, Delia Virga, Zorin Crainiceanu, Lavinia Bratu, Tiberiu Bratu. Infodemia: Another Enemy for Romanian Frontline Healthcare Workers to Fight during the COVID-19 Outbreak. Medicina. 2020; 56 (12):679.

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Ica Secosan; Delia Virga; Zorin Crainiceanu; Lavinia Bratu; Tiberiu Bratu. 2020. "Infodemia: Another Enemy for Romanian Frontline Healthcare Workers to Fight during the COVID-19 Outbreak." Medicina 56, no. 12: 679.

Journal article
Published: 19 June 2020 in Sustainability
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Entrepreneurship plays an essential role in modern urban growth and development. Successful businesses engage more growth potential, but also failed ones produce significant losses. Therefore, in order to reduce losses, it becomes important to understand what contributes to entrepreneurial success. Based the character-based approach, the current study considers the entrepreneur a critical agent for the survival and success of the business, and aims to examine the differences between successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs in terms of human capital and personal characteristics. The sample consisted of 123 Romanian nascent urban entrepreneurs who participated in a government sponsored entrepreneurial support program and competed for a subsidy to start their business. A positive outcome in the competition (achieved by 39 study participants) was considered as entrepreneurial success. Based on the competition outcome, we split the sample in successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs and analyzed the differences between the two groups from the perspective of human capital and personal characteristics. In terms of human capital (education, professional experience, age, and sex), the results showed small differences between the successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs in the sample. In terms of personal characteristics, compared to their unsuccessful counterparts, the successful entrepreneurs registered increased levels of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and of problem-solving confidence, higher levels of trust in their capacity of taking up challenges, increased levels of adaptive assertiveness, and a greater confidence in their ability to control their entrepreneurial behaviour. No significant differences were recorded for the need for autonomy, tolerance of ambiguity, risk-taking propensity, impulsivity, and interpersonal reactivity. The findings indicate that the personal characteristics of entrepreneurs may have different influences on their success, depending on the stage in their entrepreneurial career.

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Elena-Loreni Baciu; Delia Vîrgă; Theofild-Andrei Lazăr. What Characteristics Help Entrepreneurs ‘Make It’ Early on in Their Entrepreneurial Careers? Findings of a Regional Study from Romania. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1 .

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Elena-Loreni Baciu, Delia Vîrgă, Theofild-Andrei Lazăr. What Characteristics Help Entrepreneurs ‘Make It’ Early on in Their Entrepreneurial Careers? Findings of a Regional Study from Romania. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (12):1.

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Elena-Loreni Baciu; Delia Vîrgă; Theofild-Andrei Lazăr. 2020. "What Characteristics Help Entrepreneurs ‘Make It’ Early on in Their Entrepreneurial Careers? Findings of a Regional Study from Romania." Sustainability 12, no. 12: 1.

Journal article
Published: 13 March 2020 in Sustainability
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Summary: To counteract the negative consequences inherent to the emotionally demanding professions like social work, we need to advance the understanding of the resources that preserve the employees’ well-being. This study investigated the role of Psychological Capital (PsyCap) in protecting social workers from developing burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS). The design of the study builds on the job demands-resources model and the conservation of resources theory. A national sample of 193 Romanian social workers participated in the study. We used the structural equation modeling framework for data analysis. We tested two structural models that had burnout as a mediator for the relationship between PsyCap and STS: A partial mediation model and a total mediation model. Findings: The total mediation model was supported by our data suggesting that PsyCap has a protective role against burnout, and subsequently, STS. Moreover, the results indicate that burnout is the critical link between personal resources and STS. Applications: The results of the study contribute to enhancing the protection of the social workers’ well-being in their professional settings, by advancing the knowledge about the resources that need to be developed in order to prevent or reduce the negative job consequences associated with helping professions. As such, increasing PsyCap levels of employees enhance the sustainability of their working conditions.

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Delia Vîrgă; Elena-Loreni Baciu; Theofild-Andrei Lazăr; Daria Lupșa. Psychological Capital Protects Social Workers from Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2246 .

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Delia Vîrgă, Elena-Loreni Baciu, Theofild-Andrei Lazăr, Daria Lupșa. Psychological Capital Protects Social Workers from Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (6):2246.

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Delia Vîrgă; Elena-Loreni Baciu; Theofild-Andrei Lazăr; Daria Lupșa. 2020. "Psychological Capital Protects Social Workers from Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress." Sustainability 12, no. 6: 2246.

Journal article
Published: 04 March 2020 in Studia Psychologica
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Simona Lidia Sava; Delia Vîrgă; Ramona Paloș. The role of teacher support, students’ need satisfaction, and their psychological capital in enhancing students’ self-regulated learning. Studia Psychologica 2020, 62, 1 .

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Simona Lidia Sava, Delia Vîrgă, Ramona Paloș. The role of teacher support, students’ need satisfaction, and their psychological capital in enhancing students’ self-regulated learning. Studia Psychologica. 2020; 62 (1):1.

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Simona Lidia Sava; Delia Vîrgă; Ramona Paloș. 2020. "The role of teacher support, students’ need satisfaction, and their psychological capital in enhancing students’ self-regulated learning." Studia Psychologica 62, no. 1: 1.

Journal article
Published: 05 February 2020 in Learning and Individual Differences
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Our study takes a dynamic and multi-level perspective on identification with the group and explores the extent to which, at the individual level, core self-evaluations, study engagement, group development, and relationship conflict influence identification with the group. At the group level, we test the extent to which group identification influences academic performance via group study engagement. Data were collected at four-time lags, and we use a combination of multi-level analyses and structural equation modeling to test these relationships in a sample of 212 students organized in 61 collaborative learning groups. Our results show that core self-evaluations and interpersonal familiarity have a positive influence on the identification with the group. Moreover, weekly variations in study engagement have a positive influence, while variations in relationship conflict have a negative influence on fluctuations of identification with the group. Finally, we show that group study engagement mediates the influence of group identification on group academic performance.

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Petru L. Curşeu; Andrei Rusu; Laurenţiu P. Maricuţoiu; Delia Vîrgă; Silvia Măgurean. Identified and engaged: A multi-level dynamic model of identification with the group and performance in collaborative learning. Learning and Individual Differences 2020, 78, 101838 .

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Petru L. Curşeu, Andrei Rusu, Laurenţiu P. Maricuţoiu, Delia Vîrgă, Silvia Măgurean. Identified and engaged: A multi-level dynamic model of identification with the group and performance in collaborative learning. Learning and Individual Differences. 2020; 78 ():101838.

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Petru L. Curşeu; Andrei Rusu; Laurenţiu P. Maricuţoiu; Delia Vîrgă; Silvia Măgurean. 2020. "Identified and engaged: A multi-level dynamic model of identification with the group and performance in collaborative learning." Learning and Individual Differences 78, no. : 101838.

Journal article
Published: 16 December 2019 in Central European Annals of Clinical Research
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Emergency medicine specialists’ mental and physical health may be threatened if they experience burnout, sleep disorders, and secondary traumatic stress (STS). We aimed to investigate whether Emergency Medical Services (EMs) professionals’ mental and physical health status, depression, and anxiety are associated with burnout, STS, and sleep disorders. We hypothesized that burnout, STS, and the severity of sleep disorders would raise the risk of impaired mental, and physical health, depression, and anxiety in emergency medical clinicians. A cross-sectional multicentric study was conducted. In total,178 EMs specialists completed validated surveys to assess mental health complaints (Mental Health Inventory, MHI-5 screening test), physical health complaints (Ware scale), depression, and anxiety (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-DASS), burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory-general survey, MBI-GS), sleep disorders (Insomnia Severity Index, ISI), and STS (STS scale). This study aimed to analyze the influence that work-related factors can have on EMs specialists’ mental and physical health, depression, and anxiety. Specifically, mental health was predicted by exhaustion (β = 0.16), cynicism (β = 0.21), insomnia severity (β = 0.13), and STS (β = 0.35); physical health was predicted by exhaustion (β = 0.33) and insomnia severity (β = 0.18); depression was predicted by cynicism (β = 0.21) and STS (β = 0.46); and anxiety was predicted by STS (β = 0.63) and inefficacy (β = 0.20). Work-related stress symptoms such as burnout, STS, and sleep disorders were found to predict emergency medicine clinicians’ mental and physical health, as well to increase the risk of depression and anxiety. It is of most importance to develop practices to prevent such symptoms and to promote mental health and well-being among the emergency medicine personnel.

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Ica Secosan; Cristina Bredicean; Zorin Petrisor Crainiceanu; Delia Virga; Catalina Giurgi-Oncu; Tiberiu Bratu. Mental Health in Emergency Medical Clinicians: Burnout, STS, Sleep Disorders. A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Multicentric Study. Central European Annals of Clinical Research 2019, 1, 1 .

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Ica Secosan, Cristina Bredicean, Zorin Petrisor Crainiceanu, Delia Virga, Catalina Giurgi-Oncu, Tiberiu Bratu. Mental Health in Emergency Medical Clinicians: Burnout, STS, Sleep Disorders. A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Multicentric Study. Central European Annals of Clinical Research. 2019; 1 (1):1.

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Ica Secosan; Cristina Bredicean; Zorin Petrisor Crainiceanu; Delia Virga; Catalina Giurgi-Oncu; Tiberiu Bratu. 2019. "Mental Health in Emergency Medical Clinicians: Burnout, STS, Sleep Disorders. A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Multicentric Study." Central European Annals of Clinical Research 1, no. 1: 1.

Journal article
Published: 23 October 2019 in Personality and Individual Differences
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Previous studies have already linked individual differences to job performance and health outcomes separately, yet researchers are still to investigate parsimonious configurations for the associations of these outcomes concomitantly. Furthermore, variables which mediate these relationships have rarely been investigated. Our study proposes a model of personality characteristics (i.e., proactive personality, core self-evaluation, and psychological capital) which can directly predict work engagement, and indirectly, employees' job performance and their mental health. We collected data from a sample of Romanian workers (N = 365) and tested our model via structural equation modeling. The results provide partial support for our hypotheses. Personality characteristics show an association to work engagement, which in turn predicts employees' performance and mental health. However, core self-evaluations and psychological capital also showed a direct link to the measured outcomes. Our findings provide support for current organizational practices, where fixed traits are used as selection criteria, while malleable states are then developed through interventions to improve employee's performance and health.

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Luca Tisu; Daria Lupșa; Delia Vîrgă; Andrei Rusu. Personality characteristics, job performance and mental health: the mediating role of work engagement. Personality and Individual Differences 2019, 153, 109644 .

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Luca Tisu, Daria Lupșa, Delia Vîrgă, Andrei Rusu. Personality characteristics, job performance and mental health: the mediating role of work engagement. Personality and Individual Differences. 2019; 153 ():109644.

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Luca Tisu; Daria Lupșa; Delia Vîrgă; Andrei Rusu. 2019. "Personality characteristics, job performance and mental health: the mediating role of work engagement." Personality and Individual Differences 153, no. : 109644.

Review article
Published: 20 August 2019 in Applied Psychology
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The aim of this meta‐analysis was to evaluate the overall effectiveness of interventions designed to enhance Psychological Capital (PsyCap), well‐being and performance. We used inclusion criteria such as: to have an experimental design, the sample to be formed by employees or students, to contain a measure of PsyCap, and a control group. Forty‐one trials (Ntotal = 3911) met these criteria. The overall effect of the interventions on all PsyCap variables was significant but small (d =.34, k = 41, Z = 6.74, p < .001). Separate analyses on each of the PsyCap variables revealed also significant effects: small effects on developing PsyCap (d = .26, k = 9, Z = 4.37, p < .001), hope (d = .22, k = 5, Z = 2.26, p < .05), self‐efficacy (d = .37, k = 18, Z = 4.11, p < .001), and optimism (d = .36, k = 12, Z = 2.52, p < .05), and a small to medium effect for resilience (d = .49, k = 12, Z = 3.61, p < .001). The effectiveness of the PsyCap interventions on well‐being and performance is also significant. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Daria Lupșa; Delia Vîrga; Laurențiu P. Maricuțoiu; Andrei Rusu. Increasing Psychological Capital: A Pre‐Registered Meta‐Analysis of Controlled Interventions. Applied Psychology 2019, 69, 1 .

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Daria Lupșa, Delia Vîrga, Laurențiu P. Maricuțoiu, Andrei Rusu. Increasing Psychological Capital: A Pre‐Registered Meta‐Analysis of Controlled Interventions. Applied Psychology. 2019; 69 (4):1.

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Daria Lupșa; Delia Vîrga; Laurențiu P. Maricuțoiu; Andrei Rusu. 2019. "Increasing Psychological Capital: A Pre‐Registered Meta‐Analysis of Controlled Interventions." Applied Psychology 69, no. 4: 1.

Review
Published: 05 August 2019 in European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
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Bogdan Teodor Oprea; Liubița Barzin; Delia Vîrgă; Dragoș Iliescu; Andrei Rusu. Effectiveness of job crafting interventions: a meta-analysis and utility analysis. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 2019, 28, 723 -741.

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Bogdan Teodor Oprea, Liubița Barzin, Delia Vîrgă, Dragoș Iliescu, Andrei Rusu. Effectiveness of job crafting interventions: a meta-analysis and utility analysis. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. 2019; 28 (6):723-741.

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Bogdan Teodor Oprea; Liubița Barzin; Delia Vîrgă; Dragoș Iliescu; Andrei Rusu. 2019. "Effectiveness of job crafting interventions: a meta-analysis and utility analysis." European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 28, no. 6: 723-741.

Systematic review
Published: 20 February 2019 in Frontiers in Psychology
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Energy efficiency (i.e., the ratio of output of performance to input of energy) in office buildings can reduce energy costs and CO2 emissions, but there are barriers to widespread adoption of energy efficient solutions in offices because they are often perceived as a potential threat to perceived comfort, well-being, and performance of office users. However, the links between offices' energy efficiency and users' performance and well-being through their moderators are neither necessary nor empirically confirmed. The purpose of this study is to carry out a systematic review to identify the existing empirical evidence regarding the relationships between energy-efficient solutions in sustainable office buildings and the perceptions of employees' productivity and well-being. Additionally, we aim to identify relevant boundary conditions for these relationships to occur. A systematic literature search of online databases for energy efficiency literature (e.g., Environment Complete, GreenFILE), employee literature (e.g., PsycINFO, Business Source Complete) and general social science literature (e.g., Academic Search Complete) yielded 34 empirical studies. Also, inclusion and exclusion criteria were set. The results suggest that it is possible to decouple energy costs from organizational outcomes such as employee well-being and performance. Also, they indicate the existence of moderators and mediators in the relationship between green office building solutions and well-being/performance. Directions for future research and the implications for practice considering different stakeholders interested in implementing green building solutions, adopting energy-saving measures in offices, and improving employees' functioning are suggested.

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Malgorzata W. Kozusznik; Laurentiu Paul Maricutoiu; José M. Peiró; Delia Mihaela Vîrgǎ; Aida Soriano; Carolina Mateo-Cecilia. Decoupling Office Energy Efficiency From Employees' Well-Being and Performance: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychology 2019, 10, 1 .

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Malgorzata W. Kozusznik, Laurentiu Paul Maricutoiu, José M. Peiró, Delia Mihaela Vîrgǎ, Aida Soriano, Carolina Mateo-Cecilia. Decoupling Office Energy Efficiency From Employees' Well-Being and Performance: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychology. 2019; 10 ():1.

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Malgorzata W. Kozusznik; Laurentiu Paul Maricutoiu; José M. Peiró; Delia Mihaela Vîrgǎ; Aida Soriano; Carolina Mateo-Cecilia. 2019. "Decoupling Office Energy Efficiency From Employees' Well-Being and Performance: A Systematic Review." Frontiers in Psychology 10, no. : 1.

Articles
Published: 02 January 2019 in The Journal of Psychology
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Researchers are becoming increasingly interested in how early experiences within the family are relevant to an individual’s behavior at work. Drawing on Bowlby’s attachment theory, the present study addresses this topic by examining the relationship between attachment in adulthood and job performance, and the mediating role of burnout in that relationship. We used data from two samples (201 Dutch employees and 178 Romanian working students) and structural equation modeling to test this mediation model and its possible invariance across both samples. The results showed that in both samples, attachment-related anxiety was positively related to burnout, which was in turn negatively related to job performance. Attachment-related avoidance was not significantly associated with burnout or performance. These results were similar in both samples, thus increasing their validity. The results suggest that childhood and early socialization experiences play a role in shaping the employee’s behavior and well-being at work. The study is one of the few examining attachment styles in relation to burnout and performance.

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Delia Vîrgă; Wilmar B. Schaufeli; Toon W. Taris; Ilona Van Beek; Coralia Sulea. Attachment Styles and Employee Performance: The Mediating Role of Burnout. The Journal of Psychology 2019, 153, 383 -401.

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Delia Vîrgă, Wilmar B. Schaufeli, Toon W. Taris, Ilona Van Beek, Coralia Sulea. Attachment Styles and Employee Performance: The Mediating Role of Burnout. The Journal of Psychology. 2019; 153 (4):383-401.

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Delia Vîrgă; Wilmar B. Schaufeli; Toon W. Taris; Ilona Van Beek; Coralia Sulea. 2019. "Attachment Styles and Employee Performance: The Mediating Role of Burnout." The Journal of Psychology 153, no. 4: 383-401.

Regular empirical article
Published: 16 July 2018 in International Journal of Psychology
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This study investigates the relationships between personality traits and contributions to teamwork that are often assumed to be linear. We use a theory‐driven approach to propose that extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness have inverted U‐shaped relationships with contributions to teamwork. In a sample of 220 participants asked to perform a creative task in teams, we found that extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness were curvilinearly associated with peer‐rated contributions to teamwork in such a way that the associations were positive, with a decreasing slope, up to a peak, and then they became negative as personality scores further increased. We replicated the results concerning the non‐linear association between extraversion, conscientiousness and peer‐rated contributions to teamwork in a sample of 314 participants engaged in a collaborative learning exercise. Our results support recent claims and empirical evidence that explorations of personality–work‐related behaviours relationships should move beyond the linearity assumptions. We conclude by discussing the implications of our research for personnel selection.

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Petru Lucian Curşeu; Remus Ilies; Delia Vîrgă; Laurenţiu Maricuţoiu; Florin A. Sava. Personality characteristics that are valued in teams: Not always “more is better”? International Journal of Psychology 2018, 54, 638 -649.

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Petru Lucian Curşeu, Remus Ilies, Delia Vîrgă, Laurenţiu Maricuţoiu, Florin A. Sava. Personality characteristics that are valued in teams: Not always “more is better”? International Journal of Psychology. 2018; 54 (5):638-649.

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Petru Lucian Curşeu; Remus Ilies; Delia Vîrgă; Laurenţiu Maricuţoiu; Florin A. Sava. 2018. "Personality characteristics that are valued in teams: Not always “more is better”?" International Journal of Psychology 54, no. 5: 638-649.

Journal article
Published: 11 June 2018 in Career Development International
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the role played by core self-evaluations (CSEs) in relationship to both job seekers’ job search behaviour and health complaints by examining the mediating role of job search self-efficacy (JSSE). Design/methodology/approach The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 216 Romanian unemployed persons. The hypothetical and alternative models (partial and full mediation) were tested using structural equation modeling. Findings The results supported a total mediation between CSE and job search behaviour and a partial one in relationship with health complaints, via JSSE. As a post hoc decision, a brief meta-analysis was conducted for the relationship between CSE and job search behaviour which revealed a very small effect (r=0.07, p=0.001). This result complemented and certified the findings on the lack of a total and also a direct effect between CSE and job search behaviour. Originality/value JSSE seems to be an important motivational factor. Fuelled by CSE, JSSE enables proper job search behaviour and also promotes job seekers’ health. From a practical point of view, the data suggest that developing interventions to strengthen unemployed individuals’ personal resources such as CSE and, especially JSSE, could not only foster their employment but could also protect their health.

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Delia Vîrga; Andrei Rusu. Core self-evaluations, job search behaviour and health complaints. Career Development International 2018, 23, 261 -273.

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Delia Vîrga, Andrei Rusu. Core self-evaluations, job search behaviour and health complaints. Career Development International. 2018; 23 (3):261-273.

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Delia Vîrga; Andrei Rusu. 2018. "Core self-evaluations, job search behaviour and health complaints." Career Development International 23, no. 3: 261-273.

Articles
Published: 03 October 2017 in The Journal of Psychology
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According to Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, this study investigated the explanatory role of perceived employability, over and above core self-evaluations (CSE) and job resources, in relation to different aspects of health (physical and mental) and turnover intentions. Based on data obtained from a sample of 274 Romanian blue-collar employees (59.5% men), hierarchical multiple regressions revealed that perceived employability adds a significant variance compared to variance due to CSE and job resources with respect to aspects of health and turnover. The results highlight the role of perceived employability in health – on an individual level, and in decisions to leave the organization – on an organizational level. The findings are of value because they inform organizations how to design human resources strategies in order to retain a healthy workforce.

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Delia Vîrga; Hans De Witte; Eva Cifre. The Role of Perceived Employability, Core Self-Evaluations, and Job Resources on Health and Turnover Intentions. The Journal of Psychology 2017, 151, 632 -645.

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Delia Vîrga, Hans De Witte, Eva Cifre. The Role of Perceived Employability, Core Self-Evaluations, and Job Resources on Health and Turnover Intentions. The Journal of Psychology. 2017; 151 (7):632-645.

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Delia Vîrga; Hans De Witte; Eva Cifre. 2017. "The Role of Perceived Employability, Core Self-Evaluations, and Job Resources on Health and Turnover Intentions." The Journal of Psychology 151, no. 7: 632-645.

Book chapter
Published: 23 August 2017 in Quality of Life and Quality of Working Life
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Work-Related Well-Being: From Qualitative Job Insecurity to Cognitive Reappraisal | InTechOpen, Published on: 2017-08-23. Authors: Delia Vîrgă

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Delia Vîrgă. Work-Related Well-Being: From Qualitative Job Insecurity to Cognitive Reappraisal. Quality of Life and Quality of Working Life 2017, 1 .

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Delia Vîrgă. Work-Related Well-Being: From Qualitative Job Insecurity to Cognitive Reappraisal. Quality of Life and Quality of Working Life. 2017; ():1.

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Delia Vîrgă. 2017. "Work-Related Well-Being: From Qualitative Job Insecurity to Cognitive Reappraisal." Quality of Life and Quality of Working Life , no. : 1.