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Alessandro Lo Presti
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy

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Published: 05 June 2021 in International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
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This study aimed to examine the main predictors of employability, building on a recent conceptual model on employability developed by Lo Presti and Pluviano (Organ Psychol Rev 6(2): 192–211, 2016). Survey based data were collected from a sample of 263 Italian job-seekers through a longitudinal study. The results revealed that employability was more strongly determined by personal dispositions than by external factors, such as life circumstances and that the variables with the most impact were proactive personality, core self-evaluations, and educational level, rather than employability culture, family employability support, and previous work experience. The paper reveals an understanding of the relative importance of antecedents that determine employability.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Assunta De Rosa; Monica Zaharie. The route to employability: a longitudinal study on a sample of Italian job seekers. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance 2021, 1 -20.

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Alessandro Lo Presti, Assunta De Rosa, Monica Zaharie. The route to employability: a longitudinal study on a sample of Italian job seekers. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance. 2021; ():1-20.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Assunta De Rosa; Monica Zaharie. 2021. "The route to employability: a longitudinal study on a sample of Italian job seekers." International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance , no. : 1-20.

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Published: 23 February 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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With the aim of investigating the impact of gender-related personality characteristics on bullying perceptions and outcomes, a correlational study was designed with 114 individuals who had used a public health service aimed at harassed workers identifying themselves as victims of mobbing in central Italy. The study was conducted using the following questionnaires: the Negative Acts Questionnaire (NAQ), a measure of workplace bullying; the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2), used to provide information to measure personality dimensions for workplace screening; the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BRIEF) which assesses four domains assumed to represent the quality of life construct; and the Suicidal Potential Scale (SPS) used to assess suicidal ideation. MMPI-2 profile results show a significant elevation of specific MMPI scales and gender differences. When compared to women, men who complain of being the victims of negative actions at work are more depressed, paranoid, introverted, anxious, and obsessive, and have higher anger levels and lower self-esteem. Many different MMPI-2 scales are also predictors of quality of life (QoL) perceptions and suicidal tendencies. The NAQ total score, however, predicts quality of life and suicide risk. Perceptions of negative actions have a serious effect on life outcomes. The results provide useful indications on personality profiles and gender differences, which can be understood as antecedents in the perception of negative events, and factors capable of modulating the effect of perceived bullying actions on outcomes.

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Vincenzo Alfano; Tiziana Ramaci; Alfonso Landolfi; Alessandro Lo Presti; Massimiliano Barattucci. Gender Patterns in Mobbing Victims: Differences in Negative Act Perceptions, MMPI Personality Profile, Perceived Quality of Life, and Suicide Risk. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 2192 .

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Vincenzo Alfano, Tiziana Ramaci, Alfonso Landolfi, Alessandro Lo Presti, Massimiliano Barattucci. Gender Patterns in Mobbing Victims: Differences in Negative Act Perceptions, MMPI Personality Profile, Perceived Quality of Life, and Suicide Risk. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (4):2192.

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Vincenzo Alfano; Tiziana Ramaci; Alfonso Landolfi; Alessandro Lo Presti; Massimiliano Barattucci. 2021. "Gender Patterns in Mobbing Victims: Differences in Negative Act Perceptions, MMPI Personality Profile, Perceived Quality of Life, and Suicide Risk." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 4: 2192.

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Published: 22 February 2021 in European Review of Applied Psychology
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The importance of employability is related to the fact that various studies show that this resource allows people to enter and maintain their employment or to progress in their career. The aim of this study is to analyse the psychometric characteristics of the French version of van Dam's Employability Scale. One hundred and ninety French workers and job seekers completed the questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analysis was carried out, and reliability and discriminant validity between employability orientation and employability activities were tested. The results confirm two related but independent factors. Van Dam's scale offers the professional community an excellent short instrument to measure the two dimensions of employability: employability orientation and employability activities. Différentes études soulignent l’importance de l’employabilité en tant que ressource permettant aux individus d’acquérir un emploi, de le conserver ou de progresser dans leur carrière. Le but de cette étude est d’analyser les caractéristiques psychométriques de la version française de l’échelle d’employabilité de van Dam (2004). Cent quatre-vingt-dix travailleurs et demandeurs d’emploi français ont complété ce questionnaire. Une analyse factorielle confirmatoire a été réalisée, la fidélité et la validité discriminante entre le facteur orientation et le facteur activités ont été testées. Les résultats confirment l’existence de deux facteurs corrélés mais indépendants. La version française de l’échelle de van Dam offre aux professionnels un excellent outil relativement court pour mesurer l’employabilité et ses deux dimensions: orientation à l’employabilité et activités d’employabilité.

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Cindy Carrein-Lerouge; Alessandro Lo Presti; Liliane Rioux; Fabrizio Scrima. Psychometrics properties of the French version of the van Dam's Employability Questionnaire. European Review of Applied Psychology 2021, 71, 100628 .

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Cindy Carrein-Lerouge, Alessandro Lo Presti, Liliane Rioux, Fabrizio Scrima. Psychometrics properties of the French version of the van Dam's Employability Questionnaire. European Review of Applied Psychology. 2021; 71 (2):100628.

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Cindy Carrein-Lerouge; Alessandro Lo Presti; Liliane Rioux; Fabrizio Scrima. 2021. "Psychometrics properties of the French version of the van Dam's Employability Questionnaire." European Review of Applied Psychology 71, no. 2: 100628.

Research article
Published: 10 February 2021 in Journal of Career Development
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Building on the integrative career competencies framework, we examined the indirect association between career competencies, assessed at graduation, and subjective career success (SCS) via employability activities, both assessed six months after graduation, among a sample of 613 Italian graduates. We also examined the moderating role of three facets of academic satisfaction (i.e., vocational choice, educational goals, and occupational prospects). Our findings showed an indirect relation between career competencies and SCS through employability activities. Furthermore, academic satisfaction acted as a moderator. The results of this time-lagged study, that tapped into the actual transition into work process, have implications for (1) school-to-work transitions, providing insights into graduates’ transition into the labor market, (2) employability, focusing on employability activities and providing additional knowledge on their antecedents and outcomes, and (3) career competencies, providing further empirical evidence that career competencies are an important resource that graduates can mobilize to during and after their school-to-work transition.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Vincenza Capone; Ada Aversano; Jos Akkermans. Career Competencies and Career Success: On the Roles of Employability Activities and Academic Satisfaction During the School-to-Work Transition. Journal of Career Development 2021, 1 .

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Alessandro Lo Presti, Vincenza Capone, Ada Aversano, Jos Akkermans. Career Competencies and Career Success: On the Roles of Employability Activities and Academic Satisfaction During the School-to-Work Transition. Journal of Career Development. 2021; ():1.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Vincenza Capone; Ada Aversano; Jos Akkermans. 2021. "Career Competencies and Career Success: On the Roles of Employability Activities and Academic Satisfaction During the School-to-Work Transition." Journal of Career Development , no. : 1.

Original article
Published: 29 September 2020 in International Journal of Training and Development
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This study aimed at verifying the causal assumptions of a recent employability model examining the associations of employability with different clusters of predictors, and with both subjective and objective career success as outcomes. Through a time‐lagged research design, antecedent variables were assessed at time 1, employability at time 2 and career success at time 3. The initial sample included 1288 Italian employees. Among them, 680 participated to the second survey, and 600 to the third/last survey (attrition rate = 53.4%). Structural equation modelling analyses were implemented to examine associations between variables. Employability mediated the associations between core self‐evaluations, proactive personality and educational level on one side, and subjective career success on the other side. In regards to objective career success, employability mediated the effects by core self‐evaluations and proactive personality. Several implications for both research (i.e. employability and career success literature) and practice (individual‐ and organizational‐level interventions) can be drawn.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Maria Elena Magrin; Emanuela Ingusci. Employability as a compass for career success: a time‐lagged test of a causal model. International Journal of Training and Development 2020, 24, 301 -320.

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Alessandro Lo Presti, Maria Elena Magrin, Emanuela Ingusci. Employability as a compass for career success: a time‐lagged test of a causal model. International Journal of Training and Development. 2020; 24 (4):301-320.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Maria Elena Magrin; Emanuela Ingusci. 2020. "Employability as a compass for career success: a time‐lagged test of a causal model." International Journal of Training and Development 24, no. 4: 301-320.

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Published: 18 September 2020 in Behavioral Sciences
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The work-family interface is a compelling topic that calls into question labor market dynamics and work processes, together with important social and family composition changes. The present study aimed at examining the antecedents of Work-Family Balance (WFB) in Italy consistent with Greenhaus and Allen’s (2011) conceptual model in which the characteristics of work and family roles have an indirect impact on work-family balance through Work-Family Conflict (WFC) and Work-Family Enrichment (WFE), and where job and family satisfaction are considered as predictors of WFB. A total of 568 workers participated in a time-lagged correlational study, filling a questionnaire. The theoretical model was tested by assessing the mediating role of job and family satisfaction as well as related antecedents, conflict, and enrichment between the family and work contexts, through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results partially confirmed the theoretical model: work-to-family enrichment and work-to-family conflict predicted family satisfaction, which also mediated their association with WFB. The results in the family-to-work direction did not support the initial research hypotheses. The hypotheses about associations between demands and resources, conflict and enrichment in both directions, and of the moderating role of core self-evaluations were partially confirmed. The results highlighted that organizations need to carry out periodic assessments of WFC and WFE, in order to provide benefits and resources, to reduce conflict, and increase enrichment, through proper interventions (training activities, professional development, mentoring, and forms of flexibility).

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Alfonso Landolfi; Massimiliano Barattucci; Alessandro Lo Presti. A Time-Lagged Examination of the Greenhaus and Allen Work-Family Balance Model. Behavioral Sciences 2020, 10, 140 .

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Alfonso Landolfi, Massimiliano Barattucci, Alessandro Lo Presti. A Time-Lagged Examination of the Greenhaus and Allen Work-Family Balance Model. Behavioral Sciences. 2020; 10 (9):140.

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Alfonso Landolfi; Massimiliano Barattucci; Alessandro Lo Presti. 2020. "A Time-Lagged Examination of the Greenhaus and Allen Work-Family Balance Model." Behavioral Sciences 10, no. 9: 140.

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Published: 01 July 2020 in Current Psychology
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In recent years, work-family balance, as a construct, has been increasingly attracting the scholarly attention alongside with more traditional ones as work-family conflict and enrichment. We aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Work-Family Balance scale (Carlson et al. Human Relations, 20, 1–28, 2009) through two different studies. Study 1 (N = 152) was carried out to verify the construct validity of the scale, while Study 2 (N = 319) was carried out to verify its discriminant validity contrasting it with work-family conflict and enrichment. The results, in line with the hypothesized direction, confirmed the original one-factor structure of the scale via confirmatory factor analysis (Study 1), moreover the correlations with the other two examined constructs were in the hypothesized direction (Study 2): positive with work-family enrichment, and negative with work-family conflict. Practical implications, study limits, and avenues for future research are discussed.

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Alfonso Landolfi; Alessandro Lo Presti. A psychometric examination of the work-family balance scale. A multisample study on Italian workers. Current Psychology 2020, 1 -10.

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Alfonso Landolfi, Alessandro Lo Presti. A psychometric examination of the work-family balance scale. A multisample study on Italian workers. Current Psychology. 2020; ():1-10.

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Alfonso Landolfi; Alessandro Lo Presti. 2020. "A psychometric examination of the work-family balance scale. A multisample study on Italian workers." Current Psychology , no. : 1-10.

Journal article
Published: 19 December 2019 in Europe’s Journal of Psychology
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Workplace bullying is a critical issue for its negative consequences on victims’ health and well-being. This study aimed at examining the intermediate roles of anxiety and depression, in the relations between workplace bullying as a predictor, and physical and psychological negative symptoms as outcomes. In particular, it was hypothesized that workplace bullying would be associated with higher anxiety and depression and, through them, with higher physical and psychological negative symptoms. We sampled 151 Italian employees, who called on a workplace bullying public clinical center as victims and filled a paper-and-pencil questionnaire. Results of bootstrapped regressions showed that only anxiety mediated the association of workplace bullying with negative physical symptoms while both anxiety and depression mediated its association with negative psychological symptoms. The results have implications for the development of appropriate intervention strategies for both prevention and clinical treatment. In particular, timely diagnosing and treating anxiety and depression could prevent subsequent problems related to psychological and physical symptoms such as colitis, headache, tiredness, nervousness, etc. Organizational interventions in terms of primary prevention are also discussed. From an empirical standpoint, the study contributed to disentangling the differential roles of anxiety and depression with respect to physical and psychological symptoms; moreover, overcoming a common limit of workplace bullying research, the current study was carried out on actual victims.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Paolo Pappone; Alfonso Landolfi. The associations between workplace bullying and physical or psychological negative symptoms: Anxiety and depression as mediators. Europe’s Journal of Psychology 2019, 15, 808 -822.

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Alessandro Lo Presti, Paolo Pappone, Alfonso Landolfi. The associations between workplace bullying and physical or psychological negative symptoms: Anxiety and depression as mediators. Europe’s Journal of Psychology. 2019; 15 (4):808-822.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Paolo Pappone; Alfonso Landolfi. 2019. "The associations between workplace bullying and physical or psychological negative symptoms: Anxiety and depression as mediators." Europe’s Journal of Psychology 15, no. 4: 808-822.

Original article
Published: 12 October 2019 in International Journal of Training and Development
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This article reports the development and initial validation of a multidimensional measure of employability based on the theoretical model of Lo Presti and Pluviano (2016). Four different studies were designed and implemented. Study 1 was a qualitative study that involved a group of 15 labour market experts and aimed at developing the items pool. In Study 2, an exploratory factor analysis of 526 employees was carried out to examine the structure of the employability measure as previously obtained. Study 3 aimed at verifying the employability measure that had emerged from Study 2 through confirmatory factor analysis of 699 employees, resulting in a 28‐item shortened version encompassing the original four employability dimensions. Finally, in Study 4, concurrent and predictive validity of the definitive version of the employability measure were tested on a sample of 712 employees. Implications for vocational guidance and human resource management, as well as future employability research, are discussed.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Emanuela Ingusci; Maria Elena Magrin; Amelia Manuti; Fabrizio Scrima. Employability as a compass for career success: development and initial validation of a new multidimensional measure. International Journal of Training and Development 2019, 23, 253 -275.

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Alessandro Lo Presti, Emanuela Ingusci, Maria Elena Magrin, Amelia Manuti, Fabrizio Scrima. Employability as a compass for career success: development and initial validation of a new multidimensional measure. International Journal of Training and Development. 2019; 23 (4):253-275.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Emanuela Ingusci; Maria Elena Magrin; Amelia Manuti; Fabrizio Scrima. 2019. "Employability as a compass for career success: development and initial validation of a new multidimensional measure." International Journal of Training and Development 23, no. 4: 253-275.

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Published: 07 May 2019 in Career Development International
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Purpose The increasing flexibility and discontinuity of labor relations have been associated with the development of new forms of psychological contracts as well as the development of more self-directed and mobile career attitudes. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the forms of psychological contract and protean/boundaryless career attitudes on the one hand and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) on the other. Design/methodology/approach In total, 458 employees of three large Italian organizations were sampled through a self-report questionnaire. Zero-order correlations were carried out to examine the associations between study variables while dominance analysis, along with multiple linear regression, was used for evaluating their unique contribution with respect to OCB. Findings OCB were positively predicted by relational and balanced psychological contracts, protean career attitude and boundaryless mindset. Practical implications Organizations must pay particular attention to the content of the psychological contract and the career attitudes of their employees because they influence their willingness to carry out OCB. Originality/value The results add new evidence to the careers literature in terms of boundary conditions with regard to the effects of protean and boundaryless career attitudes as well as different forms of psychological contracts.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Amelia Manuti; Jon P. Briscoe. Organizational citizenship behaviors in the era of changing employment patterns. Career Development International 2019, 24, 127 -145.

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Alessandro Lo Presti, Amelia Manuti, Jon P. Briscoe. Organizational citizenship behaviors in the era of changing employment patterns. Career Development International. 2019; 24 (2):127-145.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Amelia Manuti; Jon P. Briscoe. 2019. "Organizational citizenship behaviors in the era of changing employment patterns." Career Development International 24, no. 2: 127-145.

Journal article
Published: 01 February 2019 in International Journal of Stress Management
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Antonino Callea; Alessandro Lo Presti; Saija Mauno; Flavio Urbini. The associations of quantitative/qualitative job insecurity and well-being: The role of self-esteem. International Journal of Stress Management 2019, 26, 46 -56.

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Antonino Callea, Alessandro Lo Presti, Saija Mauno, Flavio Urbini. The associations of quantitative/qualitative job insecurity and well-being: The role of self-esteem. International Journal of Stress Management. 2019; 26 (1):46-56.

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Antonino Callea; Alessandro Lo Presti; Saija Mauno; Flavio Urbini. 2019. "The associations of quantitative/qualitative job insecurity and well-being: The role of self-esteem." International Journal of Stress Management 26, no. 1: 46-56.

Research article
Published: 20 November 2018 in Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration
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We investigate the role of contract volition and motives for accepting temporary employment in the relationship between precariousness of life and negative psychological symptoms in a sample of 275 Italian temps. Results suggest that the negative effect of contract volition on negative psychological symptoms is partially mediated by precariousness of life. A moderated mediation model shows that specific motives moderate the negative effects of contract volition on precariousness of life, so that when contract volition is higher, workers with weaker motives feel less precarious. This study broadens our understanding of temporary employment outcomes by showing that the negative consequences of precariousness of life seem to be less troublesome among temporary workers with higher contract volition and lower motivation. © 2018 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Antonino Callea; Sara Pluviano. To Be or Not to be Temp? An Analysis of the Moderating Role of Motives for Accepting Temporary Employment. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration 2018, 36, 473 -483.

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Alessandro Lo Presti, Antonino Callea, Sara Pluviano. To Be or Not to be Temp? An Analysis of the Moderating Role of Motives for Accepting Temporary Employment. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration. 2018; 36 (4):473-483.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Antonino Callea; Sara Pluviano. 2018. "To Be or Not to be Temp? An Analysis of the Moderating Role of Motives for Accepting Temporary Employment." Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration 36, no. 4: 473-483.

Original research article
Published: 15 August 2018 in Frontiers in Psychology
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Background: In the last years, many changes have involved the labor context: new ways of working, more flexibility and uncertainty, new and more insecure job contracts. In this framework, perceived job insecurity, worker’s perception about potential involuntary job loss, has received renewed interest, also for those workers with a permanent contract in Italy. Consequences of job insecurity on work-related outcomes such as job satisfaction have been demonstrated; nevertheless, its possible effects outside the workplace seem to be underestimated so far. Moreover, literature highlighted the importance to consider gender as a possible moderator in the relationship between one partner’s stressors and the other partner’s strain. Aim: According to spillover and crossover theories, this study aim was to investigate the relationship between job insecurity and family life satisfaction of both partners, through the mediation of job satisfaction. The model has been simultaneously tested in two groups, women and men, in a sample of permanent workers. Method: The research involved a convenience sample of 344 employees with permanent contract (53% female) from different occupational sectors. Participants (focal persons) and their partners filled out a self-report questionnaire. Results: The multi-group SEM indicated a full mediation of job satisfaction in the relationship between job insecurity on the one side, and both individual’s and his/her partner’s family life satisfaction on the other side in both groups. Conclusion: These study findings highlighted how job insecurity may be indirectly and negatively related to both members’ family life satisfaction, through the mediation of job satisfaction. As regards gender, similar spillover and crossover patterns emerged, contributing to that literature that highlights a greater similarity in the models of interaction between work and family among women and men. Interventions should be aimed at reducing perception of job insecurity among workers, including those with permanent contract. Employers should improve communication and flow of information about future organizational changes. Moreover, interventions useful to monitor and reinforce employees’ job satisfaction should be planned. Finally, career practitioners may provide counseling and coaching projects aimed at strengthening employees’ employability and their ability to deal with changes.

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Federica Emanuel; Monica Molino; Alessandro Lo Presti; Paola Spagnoli; Chiara Ghislieri. A Crossover Study From a Gender Perspective: The Relationship Between Job Insecurity, Job Satisfaction, and Partners’ Family Life Satisfaction. Frontiers in Psychology 2018, 9, 1481 .

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Federica Emanuel, Monica Molino, Alessandro Lo Presti, Paola Spagnoli, Chiara Ghislieri. A Crossover Study From a Gender Perspective: The Relationship Between Job Insecurity, Job Satisfaction, and Partners’ Family Life Satisfaction. Frontiers in Psychology. 2018; 9 ():1481.

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Federica Emanuel; Monica Molino; Alessandro Lo Presti; Paola Spagnoli; Chiara Ghislieri. 2018. "A Crossover Study From a Gender Perspective: The Relationship Between Job Insecurity, Job Satisfaction, and Partners’ Family Life Satisfaction." Frontiers in Psychology 9, no. : 1481.

Original research article
Published: 12 June 2018 in Frontiers in Psychology
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The spread and publicity given to questionable practices in the corporate world during the last two decades have fostered an increasing interest about the importance of ethical work for organizations, practitioners, scholars and, last but not least, the wider public. Relying on the Social Identity Approach, we suggest that the effects of different ethical climates on employee behaviors are driven by affective identification with the organization and, in parallel, by cognitive moral (dis)engagement. We compared the effects of two particular ethical climates derived from the literature: An ethical organizational climate of self-interest, and an ethical organizational climate of friendship. Three hundred seventy-six workers completed measures of Ethical Climate, Organizational Identification, Moral Disengagement, Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCBs), and Counterproductive Work Behaviors (CWBs). Structural equation modeling confirmed that the two ethical climates considered were independently related to organizational identification and moral disengagement. These, in turn, mediated the effects of ethical climates on OCBs and CWBs. We discuss results in light of the social identity approach, and present some practical implications of our findings.

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Stefano Pagliaro; Alessandro Lo Presti; Massimiliano Barattucci; Valeria A. Giannella; Manuela Barreto. On the Effects of Ethical Climate(s) on Employees’ Behavior: A Social Identity Approach. Frontiers in Psychology 2018, 9, 1 .

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Stefano Pagliaro, Alessandro Lo Presti, Massimiliano Barattucci, Valeria A. Giannella, Manuela Barreto. On the Effects of Ethical Climate(s) on Employees’ Behavior: A Social Identity Approach. Frontiers in Psychology. 2018; 9 ():1.

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Stefano Pagliaro; Alessandro Lo Presti; Massimiliano Barattucci; Valeria A. Giannella; Manuela Barreto. 2018. "On the Effects of Ethical Climate(s) on Employees’ Behavior: A Social Identity Approach." Frontiers in Psychology 9, no. : 1.

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Published: 02 June 2018 in Current Psychology
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Building on the Conservation of Resources (COR) framework (Hobfoll American Psychologist, 44(3), 513–524, 1989), employability can be conceived as a personal resource that, similarly to core self-evaluation concepts such as self-esteem, relates favourably to a wide array of both work-related and more general well-being outcomes. We carried out a survey involving 254 Italian and 254 Finnish employees via a self-report questionnaire to investigate whether employability orientation acted as a mediator on the well-established relationship between self-esteem and psychological well-being. Results indicated that self-esteem was positively associated with employability orientation; moreover, country moderated such relationship, given that the association between these two variables was stronger among Italian than Finnish employees. Furthermore, self-esteem predicted different facets of psychological well-being at work (job satisfaction, vigour, emotional exhaustion, psychological symptoms) in both countries. We investigated both the mediated effect of employability orientation on the association between self-esteem and psychological well-being and the possible moderating effect originated by the country of origin of respondents. In several cases, employability orientation partly mediated the effects of self-esteem on psychological well-being. Findings confirm self-esteem and employability to be personal resources that are likely to affect positively psychological well-being at work.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Kaisa Törnroos; Sara Pluviano. “Because I am worth it and employable”: A cross-cultural study on self-esteem and employability orientation as personal resources for psychological well-being at work. Current Psychology 2018, 39, 1785 -1797.

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Alessandro Lo Presti, Kaisa Törnroos, Sara Pluviano. “Because I am worth it and employable”: A cross-cultural study on self-esteem and employability orientation as personal resources for psychological well-being at work. Current Psychology. 2018; 39 (5):1785-1797.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Kaisa Törnroos; Sara Pluviano. 2018. "“Because I am worth it and employable”: A cross-cultural study on self-esteem and employability orientation as personal resources for psychological well-being at work." Current Psychology 39, no. 5: 1785-1797.

Journal article
Published: 02 March 2018 in Human Resource Management Journal
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Recent economic and organisational changes have fostered an increasing diversification of the workforce, among whom freelancers are an under-represented population in the literature. This study aimed at examining the role of protean and boundaryless career, professional commitment, and employability activities in fostering freelancers' subjective career success. Data were collected via an online survey among a sample of 425 Italian freelancers and analysed through structural equation modelling. Results partially confirmed several hypotheses: higher self-directed career management and boundaryless mindset predicted higher employability activities and professional commitment; moreover, employability and professional commitment acted as mediators between career attitudes and subjective career success. The study provides support for the importance of such variables to freelancers' career success, as well as for the significance of protean and boundaryless careers among nontraditional occupational groups. Interventions aimed at fostering such attitudes could support freelancers in improving their attainment of professional progress and perception of career success.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Sara Pluviano; Jon P. Briscoe. Are freelancers a breed apart? The role of protean and boundaryless career attitudes in employability and career success. Human Resource Management Journal 2018, 28, 427 -442.

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Alessandro Lo Presti, Sara Pluviano, Jon P. Briscoe. Are freelancers a breed apart? The role of protean and boundaryless career attitudes in employability and career success. Human Resource Management Journal. 2018; 28 (3):427-442.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Sara Pluviano; Jon P. Briscoe. 2018. "Are freelancers a breed apart? The role of protean and boundaryless career attitudes in employability and career success." Human Resource Management Journal 28, no. 3: 427-442.

Original research article
Published: 29 November 2017 in Frontiers in Psychology
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One of the more visible effects of the societal changes is the increased feelings of uncertainty in the workforce. In fact, job insecurity represents a crucial occupational risk factor and a major job stressor that has negative consequences on both organizational well-being and individual health. Many studies have focused on the consequences about the fear and the perception of losing the job as a whole (called quantitative job insecurity), while more recently research has begun to examine more extensively the worries and the perceptions of losing valued job features (called qualitative job insecurity). The vast majority of the studies, however, have investigated the effects of quantitative and qualitative job insecurity separately. In this paper, we proposed the Job Insecurity Integrated Model aimed to examine the effects of quantitative job insecurity and qualitative job insecurity on their short-term and long-term outcomes. This model was empirically tested in two independent studies, hypothesizing that qualitative job insecurity mediated the effects of quantitative job insecurity on different outcomes, such as work engagement and organizational identification (Study 1), and job satisfaction, commitment, psychological stress and turnover intention (Study 2). Study 1 was conducted on 329 employees in private firms, while Study 2 on 278 employees in both public sector and private firms. Results robustly showed that qualitative job insecurity totally mediated the effects of quantitative on all the considered outcomes. By showing that the effects of quantitative job insecurity on its outcomes passed through qualitative job insecurity, the Job Insecurity Integrated Model contributes to clarifying previous findings in job insecurity research and puts forward a framework that could profitably produce new investigations with important theoretical and practical implications.

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Antonio Chirumbolo; Flavio Urbini; Antonino Callea; Alessandro Lo Presti; Alessandra Talamo. Occupations at Risk and Organizational Well-Being: An Empirical Test of a Job Insecurity Integrated Model. Frontiers in Psychology 2017, 8, 1 .

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Antonio Chirumbolo, Flavio Urbini, Antonino Callea, Alessandro Lo Presti, Alessandra Talamo. Occupations at Risk and Organizational Well-Being: An Empirical Test of a Job Insecurity Integrated Model. Frontiers in Psychology. 2017; 8 ():1.

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Antonio Chirumbolo; Flavio Urbini; Antonino Callea; Alessandro Lo Presti; Alessandra Talamo. 2017. "Occupations at Risk and Organizational Well-Being: An Empirical Test of a Job Insecurity Integrated Model." Frontiers in Psychology 8, no. : 1.

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Published: 18 November 2016 in Europe's Journal of Psychology
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Our aim was to investigate some predictors and outcomes of family-to-work enrichment (FWE) via a mixed-method approach. We sampled 447 married employees of an Italian factory. Survey results from Study 1 showed that emotional support from family positively predicted FWE, while this latter mediated the associations between the former on one side, and work engagement and life satisfaction on the other. Moreover, extra-household support directly associated positively with life satisfaction. Evidence from 20 anthropological in-depth interviews (Study 2) returned a more complex picture, highlighting the gendered role of partners inside couples, the importance of kinship support, the sense and the value of filiation and parenthood in their connection with job roles, the complex and continuous interplay between family and life domains. In combination, results from both studies stressed the importance of family support; additionally, evidences from Study 2 suggested that FWE could be better understood taking into account crossover dynamics and the compresence of work-to-family enrichment and conflict. In sum, these studies contributed to shed light on FWE dynamics, an under-researched topic in Italy, whose knowledge could be of great empirical and practical value.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Fulvia D’Aloisio; Sara Pluviano. With a Little Help From My Family: A Mixed-Method Study on the Outcomes of Family Support and Workload. Europe's Journal of Psychology 2016, 12, 584 -603.

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Alessandro Lo Presti, Fulvia D’Aloisio, Sara Pluviano. With a Little Help From My Family: A Mixed-Method Study on the Outcomes of Family Support and Workload. Europe's Journal of Psychology. 2016; 12 (4):584-603.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Fulvia D’Aloisio; Sara Pluviano. 2016. "With a Little Help From My Family: A Mixed-Method Study on the Outcomes of Family Support and Workload." Europe's Journal of Psychology 12, no. 4: 584-603.

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Published: 01 February 2016 in International Journal of Stress Management
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Alessandro Lo Presti; Saija Mauno. Are support and control beneficial stress buffers in the presence of work–family barriers? Findings from Italy. International Journal of Stress Management 2016, 23, 44 -64.

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Alessandro Lo Presti, Saija Mauno. Are support and control beneficial stress buffers in the presence of work–family barriers? Findings from Italy. International Journal of Stress Management. 2016; 23 (1):44-64.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Saija Mauno. 2016. "Are support and control beneficial stress buffers in the presence of work–family barriers? Findings from Italy." International Journal of Stress Management 23, no. 1: 44-64.

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Published: 10 June 2015 in Organizational Psychology Review
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The labour market has changed dramatically in the last few decades; in particular, lifetime employment within the same organization is now less frequent and careers have increasingly become boundaryless and unpredictable. Therefore, individuals need to take charge of their career development and try to increase their chances in the labour market. This is why employability has become a key and urgent concept for employees and employers, policy makers, scholars, and practitioners. Despite this increasing interest, employability still lacks a mainstream definition and a comprehensive theoretical model. To address this void, the present integrative review aims to (a) provide a new definition of employability contrasting it with previous contributions, (b) depict accurately the current body of evidence, and based on gaps in research published to date, (c) provide a heuristic model to inspire future research and address unresolved issues.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Sara Pluviano. Looking for a route in turbulent waters. Organizational Psychology Review 2015, 6, 192 -211.

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Alessandro Lo Presti, Sara Pluviano. Looking for a route in turbulent waters. Organizational Psychology Review. 2015; 6 (2):192-211.

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Alessandro Lo Presti; Sara Pluviano. 2015. "Looking for a route in turbulent waters." Organizational Psychology Review 6, no. 2: 192-211.