Matteo Curcuruto

Training opportunities, technology acceptance and job satisfaction

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to study the role of the opportunity to receive job training in enhancing peoples willingness to accept information technologies (IT) and in achieving employee satisfaction. The study aims to consider training opportunities as a predictor of IT self-competence, TAM model constructs and job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – Structural equation models are used with a sample of 497 Italian workers who filled in a questionnaire. Findings – The results show a good fit between hypothesis and empirical data. Moderator roles of individual and contextual variables on training opportunities effects were studied. Practical implications – The practical implications of this study relate to the role played by training opportunities in the IT acceptance process and in creating job satisfaction. Originality/value – The most innovative finding pertains to moderator roles of individual and contextual variables on training opportunities effects.

A New Model for Evaluating Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS)

A New Model for Evaluating Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS) Ada Saracino, Gigliola Spadoni*, Matteo Curcuruto, Dina Guglielmi,Venanzo M. Bocci, Massimo Cimarelli, Ennio Dottori, Francesco S. Violante a Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, Mineraria e delle Tecnologie Ambientali, Alma Mater Studiorum – Universita di Bologna, Via Terracini 28 40131 Bologna Italy b Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Educazione «Giovanni Maria Bertin», Alma Mater Studiorum Universita di Bologna– Italy c UniCredit S.p.A., Labour Policies and Industrial Relations , Head of Safety Labour R.S.P.P.Bologna Italy d Lyondell Basell, HSE Manager, Ferrara site Italy Gruppo HERA, Group Director of Quality, Safety and Environment, Bologna Italy f Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, dell’Invecchiamento e malattie nefrologiche, Bologna Italy gigliola.spadoni@unibo.it

A Diagnostic Tool to Evaluate the Proactivity Levels of Risk-reporting Activities by the Workforce

Prevention of occupational injuries is an important task of Human Resource Management. Empiric research showed that risk perception, safety communication and workers participation in safety programs may have a relevant role in reducing accident and injury occurrence - see for example (Conchie, 2013). These considerations lead us to this study to propose a new methodology which consists in an index aimed to assess the proactivity of worker participation in safety management systems. The innovation consists in defining a diagnostic measurement model to assess the degree of workforce proactivity, considering a specific kind of participatory contribute by workers for safety promotion in the workplace, like the spontaneous risk-reporting initiatives. The measurement tool has been defined and tested by an interdisciplinary team composed of four university researchers (human factor experts) and two site safety managers of a chemical site which is chosen with the purpose to apply for the first time the new tool. Preliminary results show that different levels of proactivity were adopted and that the highest levels of proactivity are relatively less frequent. The tool offers relevant diagnostic information for the industrial organizations which aim to achieve higher level of proactivity in risk management, offering practical indications for managerial interventions focused on stimulating and improving appropriate participation by the workforce.

Online recruitment: The role of trust in technology

In recent years, online recruitment has become a prevalent human resource management practice worldwide. Although studies emphasized the importance of candidates perceptions related to the recruiting web site attributes, there is no research focused on the effects of trust toward the IT technology during the online application process. Given the importance of trust dynamics in personnel recruitment, the aim of this study is to investigate the role of trust towards the web platforms supporting online recruitment. Results, from a sample of university students including 330 participants, showed that trust toward the web site affects both directly and indirectly - via company attractiveness - the intention to apply for a job.

Safety compliance e cittadinanza organizzativa rispetto alle modalità di supervisione ed alla qualità dei regolamenti e della formazione

This research considers safe behavior as compliance with safety regulations and as active participation to the safety issues. Aim is studying the effect that the quality of safety rules, training and supervision styles have on these two types of safe behavior. 255 employees of an Italian multiutility participated in the research by filling a questionnaire. The results show effects on both the compliance with the safety standards and on active participation.

Psychological ownership in organization: A contribution to the Italian validation of Pierce and colleagues scale

We present a contribution to the Italian validation of the scale of Pierce Van Dyne e Cummings (1992) concerning the organizational ownership. This construct even internationally widely adopted is mostly absent in the scientific Italian debate. Using data from a sample of 598 Italian employees, was studied both the internal and external validity of the version with seven items that of the one with four. The results showed better psychometric properties of the shorter version and good evidence with regard to internal and external validity.