Temi introduttivi
Questo volume è destinato a chi si accosta per la prima volta alla psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni per apprendere le nozioni di base della disciplina. I diversi contributi presentati fanno riferimento ai più recenti sviluppi della ricerca e rappresentano un aggiornamento delle varie tematiche trattate.
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Vol. II. La ricerca e l'intervento nelle organizzazioni
Insieme al primo volume, in questa seconda parte il manuale fornisce una panoramica esaustiva delle principali e attuali tematiche relative alla psicologia delle organizzazioni e all’ambito applicativo (formazione, selezione e valutazione delle persone, assenteismo, goal setting e counseling).
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Vol. I. L'individuo al lavoro
Questo manuale (in due volumi) fornisce una panoramica esaustiva delle più rilevanti tematiche relative alla psicologia del lavoro. Per il suo carattere teorico-applicativo, è rivolto a chi si accosta per la prima volta alla materia ma anche a chi vuole avere un aggiornamento sulle più attuali tematiche relative al rapporto individuo-lavoro-contesto in una prospettiva psicologica.
cod. 1240.1.68
Un asset chiave del terzo millennio
I componenti del Capitale Psicologico - personalità, autoefficacia, determinazione, resilienza, ottimismo, valori individuali, motivazione - la loro influenza sulla prestazione lavorativa e delle caratteristiche del contesto necessarie alla loro ottimizzazione.
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Proprietà psicometriche della scala di orientamento positivo nel contesto lavorativo - The aim of the study is to investigate the psychometric properties of the positive orientation scale, in an organizational setting. This study involves 360 individuals working for a national organization. Results from confirmative factor analysis demonstrated the structural stability of the scale, composed by three first order factors (orientation toward self, the others and the future) and one second-order factor (positive orientation). Criterion validity was further corroborated with regard to self-report measure (such as perceived work self-efficacy and job satisfaction) as well as with regard to other evaluated (colleagues) organizational citizenship behaviors.
Keywords: positive orientation, organizational citizenship behaviours, optimal functioning, well-being.
Parole chiave: orientamento positivo, comportamenti di cittadinanza organizzativa, funzionamento ottimale, benessere.
Ego-resiliency, regulatory emotional self-efficacy beliefs and work performance: an empirical contribution - The aim of the study is to investigate the relation between ego-resiliency and job performance. The study involves 101 financial consultants working for a national organization. Participants was asked to fill a questionnaire battery measuring ego-resiliency and self-efficacy beliefs in managing negative emotions and in expressing positive emotions. Job performance of each financial consultant was provided by the managers of the organization, who classified participants into three groups, according to their work productivity: high, medium, and low performers. Results showed that perceived efficacy to regulate positive and negative affect is positively related to ego-resiliency. Practical implications for promoting job performance and organizational productivity were discussed. keywords: ego-resiliency, emotional self-efficacy beliefs, work performance, emotion regulation, self-efficacy, resilience.
This study examines the theoretical model proposed by Caprara (2002), that attests to the role of emotional and interpersonal self-efficacy beliefs in the promotion of individual psychosocial functioning. In particular, we investigated the relations between a typical index of maladjustment, depression, a new indicator of well-being, positive thinking, and emotional and interpersonal self-efficacy beliefs. We tested the model longitudinally on a sample of 537 young adults (232 males and 305 females), with a mean age of 19,65 years (DS = 1,5) at Time 1 and 21,67 years (DS = 1,6) at Time 2. Results confirmed the role of emotional self-efficacy beliefs as determinants of positive thinking and as protective factor from depression, both directly and indirectly, through the contribution of interpersonal selfefficacy beliefs; some relevant gender differences were also found. The longitudinal relations between depression and positive thinking were different for males and females: for females, positive thinking tends to reduce the incidence of later depression, while for males depression enhances the risk to compromise positive thinking.