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As the aging population and workforce constitute a worldwide concern, it is becoming necessary to predict how the dual threat of aging and technology at work increases the job vulnerability of older workers and jeopardizes their employability and permanence in the labor market. The objective of this paper is twofold: (1) to analyze perceptions of artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation in work settings and the expected impact of these technologies on older workers to contextualize this emergent phenomenon; and (2) to propose a general model related to “Aging-and-Tech Job Vulnerability” to explain and predict the combined effect of aging and AI/robotics/automation on job insecurity and additional outcomes among older workers. The propositions of the Age-and-Tech Job Vulnerability model developed in this paper seek to present a first approach for the conceptual advance and research on this emerging phenomenon and entails several theoretical and practical implications for organizational psychology.
Carlos-María Alcover; Dina Guglielmi; Marco Depolo; Greta Mazzetti. “Aging-and-Tech Job Vulnerability”: A proposed framework on the dual impact of aging and AI, robotics, and automation among older workers. Organizational Psychology Review 2021, 11, 175 -201.
AMA StyleCarlos-María Alcover, Dina Guglielmi, Marco Depolo, Greta Mazzetti. “Aging-and-Tech Job Vulnerability”: A proposed framework on the dual impact of aging and AI, robotics, and automation among older workers. Organizational Psychology Review. 2021; 11 (2):175-201.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarlos-María Alcover; Dina Guglielmi; Marco Depolo; Greta Mazzetti. 2021. "“Aging-and-Tech Job Vulnerability”: A proposed framework on the dual impact of aging and AI, robotics, and automation among older workers." Organizational Psychology Review 11, no. 2: 175-201.
The academic literature has drawn a clear distinction between a positive form (i.e., work engagement) and a negative form (i.e., workaholism) of heavy work investment (HWI). Nevertheless, the different weight of individual and situational factors contributing to their development was not thoroughly explored. This study aims to investigate the role of individual variables (i.e., obsessive–compulsive traits, achievement orientation, perfectionism, and conscientiousness) and situational factors (i.e., job demands and overwork climate) regarding engagement and workaholism simultaneously. Hypotheses were tested using a sample of 523 Italian employees. Results of structural equation modeling revealed that overwork climate and job demands were conversely related to engagement and workaholism, with job demand reporting the strongest association with workaholism. Furthermore, fear of failure was the only individual factor showing a significant and opposite relationship with workaholism and engagement. In contrast, perfectionism was positively associated with both forms of HWI. These results shed light on the potential effectiveness of intervention strategies focused on the employees and organizations in preventing workaholism and promoting engagement.
Greta Mazzetti; Dina Guglielmi; Wilmar B. Schaufeli. Same Involvement, Different Reasons: How Personality Factors and Organizations Contribute to Heavy Work Investment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 8550 .
AMA StyleGreta Mazzetti, Dina Guglielmi, Wilmar B. Schaufeli. Same Involvement, Different Reasons: How Personality Factors and Organizations Contribute to Heavy Work Investment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (22):8550.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGreta Mazzetti; Dina Guglielmi; Wilmar B. Schaufeli. 2020. "Same Involvement, Different Reasons: How Personality Factors and Organizations Contribute to Heavy Work Investment." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 22: 8550.
Literature on job searching suggests that emotion regulation has an impact on employability, but this relationship is far from being explained; furthermore, most of the studies have been conducted among students or workers. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between emotion regulation and employability among unemployed people, analyzing the role of ambition and protean career orientation as possible factors in such a relationship. Participants were 228 unemployed subjects who had requested individual counselling for job searching; data were collected by means of a self-report questionnaire. Results confirmed that emotion regulation is related to employability, both through a direct relationship and through an indirect effect of ambition and protean career orientation.
Chiara Panari; Michela Tonelli; Greta Mazzetti. Emotion Regulation and Employability: The Mediational Role of Ambition and a Protean Career among Unemployed People. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9347 .
AMA StyleChiara Panari, Michela Tonelli, Greta Mazzetti. Emotion Regulation and Employability: The Mediational Role of Ambition and a Protean Career among Unemployed People. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (22):9347.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChiara Panari; Michela Tonelli; Greta Mazzetti. 2020. "Emotion Regulation and Employability: The Mediational Role of Ambition and a Protean Career among Unemployed People." Sustainability 12, no. 22: 9347.
The paper describes the study design, research questions and methods of a large, international intervention project aimed at improving employee mental health and well-being in SMEs and public organisations. The study is innovative in multiple ways. First, it goes beyond the current debate on whether individual- or organisational-level interventions are most effective in improving employee health and well-being and tests the cumulative effects of multilevel interventions, that is, interventions addressing individual, group, leader and organisational levels. Second, it tailors its interventions to address the aftermaths of the Covid-19 pandemic and develop suitable multilevel interventions for dealing with new ways of working. Third, it uses realist evaluation to explore and identify the working ingredients of and the conditions required for each level of intervention, and their outcomes. Finally, an economic evaluation will assess both the cost-effectiveness analysis and the affordability of the interventions from the employer perspective. The study integrates the training transfer and the organisational process evaluation literature to develop toolkits helping end-users to promote mental health and well-being in the workplace.
Marco De Angelis; Davide Giusino; Karina Nielsen; Emmanuel Aboagye; Marit Christensen; Siw Innstrand; Greta Mazzetti; Machteld Van Den Heuvel; Roy Sijbom; Vince Pelzer; Rita Chiesa; Luca Pietrantoni. H-WORK Project: Multilevel Interventions to Promote Mental Health in SMEs and Public Workplaces. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 8035 .
AMA StyleMarco De Angelis, Davide Giusino, Karina Nielsen, Emmanuel Aboagye, Marit Christensen, Siw Innstrand, Greta Mazzetti, Machteld Van Den Heuvel, Roy Sijbom, Vince Pelzer, Rita Chiesa, Luca Pietrantoni. H-WORK Project: Multilevel Interventions to Promote Mental Health in SMEs and Public Workplaces. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (21):8035.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarco De Angelis; Davide Giusino; Karina Nielsen; Emmanuel Aboagye; Marit Christensen; Siw Innstrand; Greta Mazzetti; Machteld Van Den Heuvel; Roy Sijbom; Vince Pelzer; Rita Chiesa; Luca Pietrantoni. 2020. "H-WORK Project: Multilevel Interventions to Promote Mental Health in SMEs and Public Workplaces." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 21: 8035.
The purpose of this study was to explore the buffering role of opportunities for professional development within the frame of the indirect relationship between workplace age discrimination (as a job demand) and job performance on a sample of N = 325 Italian teachers. Results of moderated mediation analysis indicated that emotional exhaustion mediates the relationship between workplace age discrimination and impaired job performance. Furthermore, the relationship between workplace age discrimination and performance through the mediation of emotional exhaustion became stronger at lower levels of professional development. Although professional development is recognized as a crucial job resource, this study sheds light on its protective role among teachers dealing with discrimination caused by their age. Fostering of professional development could prevent teachers from feeling emotionally exhausted and, in turn, from the occurrence of impaired performance.
Greta Mazzetti; Michela Vignoli; Dina Guglielmi; Béatrice I. J. M. Van Der Heijden; Arnould T. Evers. You’re Not Old as Long as You’re Learning: Ageism, Burnout, and Development Among Italian Teachers. Journal of Career Development 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleGreta Mazzetti, Michela Vignoli, Dina Guglielmi, Béatrice I. J. M. Van Der Heijden, Arnould T. Evers. You’re Not Old as Long as You’re Learning: Ageism, Burnout, and Development Among Italian Teachers. Journal of Career Development. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGreta Mazzetti; Michela Vignoli; Dina Guglielmi; Béatrice I. J. M. Van Der Heijden; Arnould T. Evers. 2020. "You’re Not Old as Long as You’re Learning: Ageism, Burnout, and Development Among Italian Teachers." Journal of Career Development , no. : 1.
The frequency of conflicts with patients’ families is one of the main contributors to the amount of emotional demands that healthcare professionals must tackle to prevent the occurrence of burnout symptoms. On the other hand, research evidence suggests that hardiness could enable healthcare professionals to handle their responsibilities and problems effectively. Based on the health impairment process of the Job Demands–Resources model, the main goal of this study was to delve deeper into the relationship between conflict with patients’ families, emotional demands, and exhaustion, as well as to test the buffering role of hardiness. Data were collected from a sample of N = 295 healthcare professionals working in a private hospital in Northern Italy. Most of them were women (78.6%) with a mean age of 40.62 years (SD = 9.50). The mediation of emotional demands within the association between conflict with families and emotional exhaustion and the moderating role of hardiness was tested using a bootstrapping approach. In the current sample, emotional demands mediated the association between conflict with families and exhaustion among healthcare professionals. Moreover, this relationship decreased among individuals with higher levels of hardiness. These findings contribute to the current understanding of the negative impact played by conflict with families on healthcare professionals’ psychological well-being. Furthermore, they corroborated the role of hardiness as a personal resource that could prevent the occurrence of burnout symptoms. In addition to manage—and decrease—episodes of conflict with patients and their families, organizations in the healthcare sector should develop interventions aimed at fostering employees’ hardiness and, consequently, tackle job demands ingrained in their profession (i.e., emotional demands).
Greta Mazzetti; Dina Guglielmi; Gabriela Topa. Hard Enough to Manage My Emotions: How Hardiness Moderates the Relationship Between Emotional Demands and Exhaustion. Frontiers in Psychology 2020, 11, 1 .
AMA StyleGreta Mazzetti, Dina Guglielmi, Gabriela Topa. Hard Enough to Manage My Emotions: How Hardiness Moderates the Relationship Between Emotional Demands and Exhaustion. Frontiers in Psychology. 2020; 11 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGreta Mazzetti; Dina Guglielmi; Gabriela Topa. 2020. "Hard Enough to Manage My Emotions: How Hardiness Moderates the Relationship Between Emotional Demands and Exhaustion." Frontiers in Psychology 11, no. : 1.
Research recognizes the shared perceptions of the priority attributed to safety in comparison to other organizational goals (i.e., safety climate) as a potential antecedent of safety behavior among construction workers. This type of climate can dismantle barriers to the promotion of effective strategies to mitigate workplace hazards. On the other hand, the current understanding of the underlying process that links the perception of a safety climate to the implementation of safety behavior is far from being exhaustive. Accordingly, this study aimed to explore the role of risk perception and safety knowledge in explaining the positive impact of safety climate before attending a training course (Time 0) and safety behavior after the training completion (Time 1). Data were collected at two time-points on a sample of N = 278 construction workers taking part in different safety training courses promoted by a vocational training organization in Northern Italy. The hypothesized relationships were tested using a serial mediation model bootstrapping approach. The obtained results indicated that the perception of a safety climate at Time 0 (T0) among construction workers is associated with higher risk perception and safety knowledge that, in turn, resulted in a higher implementation of safety behavior at Time 1 (T1). These findings contribute to the understanding of those factors that constitute a fertile ground for preventing injuries and accidents in the construction sector.
Greta Mazzetti; Emanuela Valente; Dina Guglielmi; Michela Vignoli. Safety Doesn’t Happen by Accident: A Longitudinal Investigation on the Antecedents of Safety Behavior. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 1 .
AMA StyleGreta Mazzetti, Emanuela Valente, Dina Guglielmi, Michela Vignoli. Safety Doesn’t Happen by Accident: A Longitudinal Investigation on the Antecedents of Safety Behavior. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (12):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGreta Mazzetti; Emanuela Valente; Dina Guglielmi; Michela Vignoli. 2020. "Safety Doesn’t Happen by Accident: A Longitudinal Investigation on the Antecedents of Safety Behavior." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 12: 1.
Promoting academic success among undergraduate students is crucial for tackling the need to foster employability competencies. Low levels of academic attainment in higher education, along with the increasing number of persons participating in tertiary education, represent crucial trends, which need to be studied in order to develop efficient retention practices. The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between relevant factors that can foster academic success: learning strategies, future orientation, and academic self-efficacy. To this purpose, a longitudinal study was performed on a sample of N = 87 undergraduate students from one of the largest Italian universities (63.4% males, 74.2% enrolled in the first year). Participants filled in an online questionnaire at two different time points, with a time lag of 12 months. Results of a moderated mediation model indicated that the relationship between learning strategies at Time 1 (T1) and Grade Point Average (GPA) at Time 2 (T2) was mediated by students’ future orientation. Moreover, this association was moderated by T1 academic self-efficacy. These results suggest that learning strategies positively influence GPA through an enhanced future orientation, in particular when students report high or medium levels of self-efficacy. The current findings invite a thorough review of training interventions for improving academic achievement.
Greta Mazzetti; Alessio Paolucci; Dina Guglielmi; Ira Vannini. The Impact of Learning Strategies and Future Orientation on Academic Success: The Moderating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy among Italian Undergraduate Students. Education Sciences 2020, 10, 134 .
AMA StyleGreta Mazzetti, Alessio Paolucci, Dina Guglielmi, Ira Vannini. The Impact of Learning Strategies and Future Orientation on Academic Success: The Moderating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy among Italian Undergraduate Students. Education Sciences. 2020; 10 (5):134.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGreta Mazzetti; Alessio Paolucci; Dina Guglielmi; Ira Vannini. 2020. "The Impact of Learning Strategies and Future Orientation on Academic Success: The Moderating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy among Italian Undergraduate Students." Education Sciences 10, no. 5: 134.
Academic literature has recognized teaching as a particularly stressful occupation, specifically, the research confirmed the central role of emotional dissonance in the experience of emotional exhaustion. Albeit previous studies confirm the existence of circular dynamics involving job demands and individual’s well-being, studies focusing on the long-term relationships between job demands, need for recovery, and emotional exhaustion are still lacking. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to explore how emotional dissonance, need for recovery, and emotional exhaustion are related over time. By using the general framework of the health impairment process of the Job Demands-Resources model, these paths were investigated by means of a three-wave longitudinal design (n = 107 schoolteachers). Results of structural equation modeling analyses generally supported our hypotheses. Specifically, it was found that the model with reciprocal relationships between emotional dissonance and exhaustion on the one hand, and between need for recovery and exhaustion on the other, exhibited the best fit with the data.
Silvia Simbula; Greta Mazzetti; Dina Guglielmi. A Three-Wave Study on the Reciprocal Relationships between Emotional Dissonance, Need for Recovery, and Exhaustion. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5183 .
AMA StyleSilvia Simbula, Greta Mazzetti, Dina Guglielmi. A Three-Wave Study on the Reciprocal Relationships between Emotional Dissonance, Need for Recovery, and Exhaustion. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (19):5183.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSilvia Simbula; Greta Mazzetti; Dina Guglielmi. 2019. "A Three-Wave Study on the Reciprocal Relationships between Emotional Dissonance, Need for Recovery, and Exhaustion." Sustainability 11, no. 19: 5183.
The present study aimed to explore the mediating role of hostile customer relations in the association between emotional dissonance and workers' mental health. Moreover, the moderating role of proactive personality as a buffer against hostile customer relations was assessed. Emotional demands become crucial within professions that involve a direct relationship with clients and, if poorly managed, can negatively affect workers' health and performance. Accordingly, data were collected on a sample of n = 918 mass-retail employees working for one of the leading Italian supermarket companies. Most participants were women (62.7%) with a mean age = 40.38 (SD = 7.68). The results of a moderated mediation analysis revealed that emotional dissonance was related to more hostile customer relations that, in turn, were associated with higher rates of mental health symptoms. Proactive personality emerged as a protecting factor that prevented the onset of conflicts with clients, particularly among workers experiencing high levels of emotional dissonance. The identification of resources enabling management of emotional demands could suggest suitable adaptive strategies for customer-facing roles, thus preventing the occurrence of adverse mental health symptoms.
Greta Mazzetti; Silvia Simbula; Chiara Panari; Dina Guglielmi; Alessio Paolucci. "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda". Workers' Proactivity in the Association between Emotional Demands and Mental Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 3309 .
AMA StyleGreta Mazzetti, Silvia Simbula, Chiara Panari, Dina Guglielmi, Alessio Paolucci. "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda". Workers' Proactivity in the Association between Emotional Demands and Mental Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (18):3309.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGreta Mazzetti; Silvia Simbula; Chiara Panari; Dina Guglielmi; Alessio Paolucci. 2019. ""Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda". Workers' Proactivity in the Association between Emotional Demands and Mental Health." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 18: 3309.
Sonia Brondi; Laura Palareti; Greta Mazzetti. Comprehensive care for haemophilia: A literature review for improving institutional cooperation. International Journal of Healthcare Management 2019, 14, 402 -411.
AMA StyleSonia Brondi, Laura Palareti, Greta Mazzetti. Comprehensive care for haemophilia: A literature review for improving institutional cooperation. International Journal of Healthcare Management. 2019; 14 (2):402-411.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSonia Brondi; Laura Palareti; Greta Mazzetti. 2019. "Comprehensive care for haemophilia: A literature review for improving institutional cooperation." International Journal of Healthcare Management 14, no. 2: 402-411.
Purpose The association between resources and work engagement has been well-established among different occupational groups. The purpose of this paper is to go one step further through the investigation of the relationship between personal (i.e. hardy personality) and job-related (i.e. opportunity for learning and development) resources and work engagement in the long run. Design/methodology/approach A two-wave longitudinal study was conducted on a sample of healthcare professionals working in a spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation hospital located in northern Italy. Findings The results of cross-lagged structural equation modeling indicated the occurrence of reciprocal causal relationships between the study variables. In particular, personal and job-related resources were related to an increase in work engagement over the course of the study. The level of engagement displayed by participants, in turn, was positively related to their personal and job-related resources over time, thus revealing the occurrence of positive cycles in the workplace. Originality/value On the whole, these findings provide a deeper understanding of the role played by hardy personality as a personal resource able to promote employees’ motivation and, at the same time, they advance the scientific knowledge concerning the construct of positive cycle.
Dina Guglielmi; Lorenzo Gallì; Silvia Simbula; Greta Mazzetti. Gain cycles in healthcare workers: the role of job resources and hardy personality. International Journal of Workplace Health Management 2019, 12, 71 -84.
AMA StyleDina Guglielmi, Lorenzo Gallì, Silvia Simbula, Greta Mazzetti. Gain cycles in healthcare workers: the role of job resources and hardy personality. International Journal of Workplace Health Management. 2019; 12 (2):71-84.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDina Guglielmi; Lorenzo Gallì; Silvia Simbula; Greta Mazzetti. 2019. "Gain cycles in healthcare workers: the role of job resources and hardy personality." International Journal of Workplace Health Management 12, no. 2: 71-84.
The current study was aimed at assessing the extent that job-seeking networking may explain the positive association between career planning and self-perceived employability. In addition, the moderator role of political skill in strengthening the relationship between career planning and job-seeking behavior was explored. A sample of N = 2,561 students and graduates searching for jobs from one of the largest Italian universities filled out an online questionnaire. The hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling. Results showed that the positive relationship between career planning and self-perceived employability was mediated by job-seeking networking. Furthermore, the association between career planning and job-seeking networking appeared to be stronger for people who possessed greater political skill. This study may advance the comprehension of the added value of proactive career behaviors within the process that links career planning and self-perceived employability. In addition, primary intervention aimed at maximizing graduates’ possibilities of attaining employment was suggested.
Rita Chiesa; Beatrice I. J. M. Van Der Heijden; Greta Mazzetti; Marco G. Mariani; Dina Guglielmi. “It Is All in the Game!”: The Role of Political Skill for Perceived Employability Enhancement. Journal of Career Development 2019, 47, 394 -407.
AMA StyleRita Chiesa, Beatrice I. J. M. Van Der Heijden, Greta Mazzetti, Marco G. Mariani, Dina Guglielmi. “It Is All in the Game!”: The Role of Political Skill for Perceived Employability Enhancement. Journal of Career Development. 2019; 47 (4):394-407.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRita Chiesa; Beatrice I. J. M. Van Der Heijden; Greta Mazzetti; Marco G. Mariani; Dina Guglielmi. 2019. "“It Is All in the Game!”: The Role of Political Skill for Perceived Employability Enhancement." Journal of Career Development 47, no. 4: 394-407.
The main goal of this study was to delve deeper into the relationship between transformational leadership and better general health status among employees. Based on the Job Demands-Resources model of occupational well-being, the current research investigated the role of transformational leadership, as a job resource, in fostering individual hardiness, as a personal resource, which may in turn result in higher levels of work engagement and, consequently, better general health status among employees. Data were collected from 358 white-collar employees in an Italian company. Most of them were women (52.9%) with a mean age of 44.42 years (SD = 9.22). To evaluate the hypothesis of a mediating role of employees’ hardiness and work engagement within the relationship between transformational leadership and workers’ general health, a bootstrapping approach was tested using a serial mediation model. In the current sample, enhanced levels of hardiness and work engagement among employees mediated the association between perceived levels of transformational leadership and individual general health conditions. These findings corroborated the role of transformational leadership as a strategic job resource in enhancing employees’ hardiness and engagement with their work, which may in turn protect their general health status. Organizations willing to rely on a healthy workforce should implement human resource management strategies focused on leadership training capable of boosting employees’ hardiness.
Greta Mazzetti; Michela Vignoli; Gerardo Petruzziello; Laura Palareti. The Hardier You Are, the Healthier You Become. May Hardiness and Engagement Explain the Relationship Between Leadership and Employees’ Health? Frontiers in Psychology 2019, 9, 2784 .
AMA StyleGreta Mazzetti, Michela Vignoli, Gerardo Petruzziello, Laura Palareti. The Hardier You Are, the Healthier You Become. May Hardiness and Engagement Explain the Relationship Between Leadership and Employees’ Health? Frontiers in Psychology. 2019; 9 ():2784.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGreta Mazzetti; Michela Vignoli; Gerardo Petruzziello; Laura Palareti. 2019. "The Hardier You Are, the Healthier You Become. May Hardiness and Engagement Explain the Relationship Between Leadership and Employees’ Health?" Frontiers in Psychology 9, no. : 2784.
Virtually all studies on workaholism and engagement – two forms of heavy work investment – rely on self-part questionnaires. However, the limitations of self-reports are widely acknowledged and in their final sections, papers on workaholism and engagement typically lament the use of such measures. Investigating data other than respondents’ self-reports, such as peer ratings, may overcome these limitations. Using a sample of 73 dyads composed of focal workers and their colleagues, the present study aimed: (1) to compare focal workers’ and coworkers’ perceptions concerning their levels of work engagement and workaholism; and (2) to explore the discriminant validity of engagement and workaholism. A multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) matrix and a correlated trait-correlated method model, the CT-C(M-1) model, were examined. Our results showed a considerable agreement between both raters (i.e., focal workers and coworkers) in levels of engagement and workaholism. In contrast to previous findings, a significant difference between raters on the cognitive dimension of workaholism (i.e., working compulsively) was observed. Moreover, our results provided further evidence for the discriminant validity between the two forms of heavy work investment.
Greta Mazzetti; Wilmar B. Schaufeli; Dina Guglielmi. Are Workaholism and Work Engagement in the Eye of the Beholder? European Journal of Psychological Assessment 2018, 34, 30 -40.
AMA StyleGreta Mazzetti, Wilmar B. Schaufeli, Dina Guglielmi. Are Workaholism and Work Engagement in the Eye of the Beholder? European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 2018; 34 (1):30-40.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGreta Mazzetti; Wilmar B. Schaufeli; Dina Guglielmi. 2018. "Are Workaholism and Work Engagement in the Eye of the Beholder?" European Journal of Psychological Assessment 34, no. 1: 30-40.
Work environments characterized by inadequate work conditions have been widely recognized as being particularly prone to the occurrence and exacerbation of bullying behavior. Accordingly, this longitudinal study aimed to explore whether the impact of effort–reward imbalance (ERI) on workplace bullying was mediated by a lower perception of organizational justice, and whether the association between ERI and perceptions of justice was moderated by organizational identification. In the current study, a sample of N = 195 Spanish employees from different occupational sectors filled in an online questionnaire at two different times with a time lag of 8 months. In line with the hypothesized moderated mediation model, results showed that organizational justice mediated the impact of ERI on workplace bullying. Moreover, the effect of perceived ERI on organizational justice was stronger for employees with low organizational identification. Overall, this study can contribute to better understanding how and when ERI boosts the risk of workplace bullying. Accordingly, early intervention designed to buffer the negative effects of ERI should focus on increasing individual levels of organizational identification.
Dina Guglielmi; Greta Mazzetti; Paola Villano; Gabriela Topa Cantisano. The impact of perceived effort–reward imbalance on workplace bullying: also a matter of organizational identification. Psychology, Health & Medicine 2017, 23, 511 -516.
AMA StyleDina Guglielmi, Greta Mazzetti, Paola Villano, Gabriela Topa Cantisano. The impact of perceived effort–reward imbalance on workplace bullying: also a matter of organizational identification. Psychology, Health & Medicine. 2017; 23 (5):511-516.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDina Guglielmi; Greta Mazzetti; Paola Villano; Gabriela Topa Cantisano. 2017. "The impact of perceived effort–reward imbalance on workplace bullying: also a matter of organizational identification." Psychology, Health & Medicine 23, no. 5: 511-516.
The current study examined the mediating effect of presenteeism and moderating effect of managerial support in the relation between workaholism and work–family conflict. A sample of 1065 white-collar employees from an Italian company filled in an online survey and hypotheses were tested using a bootstrapping procedure. Results showed that presenteeism mediated the association between workaholism and work–family conflict. Moreover, the mediating effect of presenteeism was moderated by managerial support: for employees reporting lower levels of support workaholism was stronger related to presenteeism than for those experiencing higher support. Presenteeism, in turn, was related to greater levels of work–family conflict. The present study sheds light into the protective role played by managerial support in preventing workaholic employees from forcing themselves to attend work also when feeling sick. Accordingly, early intervention aimed at buffering the negative association between workaholism and work–family conflict should focus on training managers to develop supportive leadership skills.
Greta Mazzetti; Michela Vignoli; Wilmar B. Schaufeli; Dina Guglielmi. Work addiction and presenteeism: The buffering role of managerial support. International Journal of Psychology 2017, 54, 174 -179.
AMA StyleGreta Mazzetti, Michela Vignoli, Wilmar B. Schaufeli, Dina Guglielmi. Work addiction and presenteeism: The buffering role of managerial support. International Journal of Psychology. 2017; 54 (2):174-179.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGreta Mazzetti; Michela Vignoli; Wilmar B. Schaufeli; Dina Guglielmi. 2017. "Work addiction and presenteeism: The buffering role of managerial support." International Journal of Psychology 54, no. 2: 174-179.
Nowadays, the intensity of care organizational model has been adopted in several Italian hospitals in order to create specific areas dedicated to patients reporting homogeneous needs of care. The present paper aims at describing the organizational intervention Inside the change, designed to explore the context and assess the impact of the implementation of the Intensity of cure model in an Italian hospital. Inside the change was composed of two segments: i) the evaluation of attitudes toward change and workers’ well-being (quantitative phase); ii) the conduction of a consulting process aimed to identify critical issues and the related improvement actions (qualitative phase). The results showed that workers (i.e., physicians, nurses, healthcare assistants) involved in the change process showed higher levels of work-related well-being symptoms. In line with this result, the second stage of the intervention had the goal of improving workers’ involvement in organizational change, together with the identification of suitable improvement actions. Data collected one year after the intervention suggest that the whole performance of healthcare organizations may be enhanced by investments in monitoring and improving organizational processes, particularly for those focused on HR management.
Dina Guglielmi; Maria Cristina Florini; Greta Mazzetti; Marco Depolo; Enza Calabrò; Sonia Miglioli; Monica Mariani; Giorgio Cioni. Assessment of organizational well-being in an Italian General Hospital after an organizational change. Italian Journal of Medicine 2017, 11, 95 .
AMA StyleDina Guglielmi, Maria Cristina Florini, Greta Mazzetti, Marco Depolo, Enza Calabrò, Sonia Miglioli, Monica Mariani, Giorgio Cioni. Assessment of organizational well-being in an Italian General Hospital after an organizational change. Italian Journal of Medicine. 2017; 11 (2):95.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDina Guglielmi; Maria Cristina Florini; Greta Mazzetti; Marco Depolo; Enza Calabrò; Sonia Miglioli; Monica Mariani; Giorgio Cioni. 2017. "Assessment of organizational well-being in an Italian General Hospital after an organizational change." Italian Journal of Medicine 11, no. 2: 95.
The purpose of this paper is to explore the positive association between job resources, i.e. autonomy and co-workers support, and psychological capital (PsyCap). In addition, it is aimed to assess the mediational role of PsyCap in the relationship between job resources, on the one hand, and work engagement and psychological distress on the other hand. A sample of 235 employees working in a large-scale retail company completed a structured questionnaire. To test the hypotheses, the collected data were analyzed with structural equation modeling. The results fully supported the hypotheses and showed that autonomy and co-workers’ support were positively associated with PsyCap. In addition, PsyCap fully mediated the effect of job resources on work engagement and psychological distress. The results indicate that a greater degree of autonomy allowed to employees in performing their work, and social support from co-workers may significantly contribute to building employees’ personal resources such as PsyCap. This positive association between job resources and PsyCap, in turn, leads employees to feel more engaged in their work and prevents them from harmful outcomes such as symptoms of psychological distress. This study extends prior research on the motivational process of the job demands-resources model. Furthermore, it develops the notion of resources caravans postulated by the conservation of resources theory in its attempt to examine PsyCap as a mediator in the association between job resources and different individual outcomes.
Greta Mazzetti; Dina Guglielmi; Rita Chiesa; Marco Giovanni Mariani. Happy employees in a resourceful workplace: just a direct relationship? Career Development International 2016, 21, 682 -696.
AMA StyleGreta Mazzetti, Dina Guglielmi, Rita Chiesa, Marco Giovanni Mariani. Happy employees in a resourceful workplace: just a direct relationship? Career Development International. 2016; 21 (7):682-696.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGreta Mazzetti; Dina Guglielmi; Rita Chiesa; Marco Giovanni Mariani. 2016. "Happy employees in a resourceful workplace: just a direct relationship?" Career Development International 21, no. 7: 682-696.
The first purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of individual characteristics, i.e., positive and negative affectivity, in explaining the different perception of job control and job demands in a particularly demanding environment such as the healthcare setting. In addition, we aimed to explore the mediational role of work engagement and workaholism using the Job Demands-Resources Model as a theoretical framework. Data were collected using a sample of 269 Italian head physicians working in nine general hospitals. To test our hypotheses, the collected data were analyzed with structural equation modeling. Moreover, Sobel Test and bootstrapping were employed to assess the mediating hypotheses. Our results indicated that positive affectivity is related to work engagement, which, in its turn, showed a positive association with job control. In addition, workaholism mediated the relationship between negative affectivity and job demands. All in all, this study represents a first attempt to explore the role of trait affectivity as a dispositional characteristic able to foster the level of work engagement and workaholism exhibited by employees and, in turn, to increase the perceived levels of job control and job demands.
Greta Mazzetti; Roberta Biolcati; Dina Guglielmi; Caryn Vallesi; Wilmar B. Schaufeli. Individual Characteristics Influencing Physicians’ Perceptions of Job Demands and Control: The Role of Affectivity, Work Engagement and Workaholism. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2016, 13, 567 .
AMA StyleGreta Mazzetti, Roberta Biolcati, Dina Guglielmi, Caryn Vallesi, Wilmar B. Schaufeli. Individual Characteristics Influencing Physicians’ Perceptions of Job Demands and Control: The Role of Affectivity, Work Engagement and Workaholism. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2016; 13 (6):567.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGreta Mazzetti; Roberta Biolcati; Dina Guglielmi; Caryn Vallesi; Wilmar B. Schaufeli. 2016. "Individual Characteristics Influencing Physicians’ Perceptions of Job Demands and Control: The Role of Affectivity, Work Engagement and Workaholism." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, no. 6: 567.