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News: Professor Franco Fraccaroli (University of Trento).

Prof. Franco Fraccaroli (University of Trento) will present a number of seminars about “Career in organizations” during his visit at the University of Valencia (11-15 February 2013)

 

Prof. Fraccaroli
University of Trento

Career in organizations

The topic of career of people in organization is central in occupational and personnel psychology. Career is usually considered as the sequence of employment-related positions, roles and activities encountered by a person in a social context that could operate as a resource or as an obstacle for the individual development (Arnold, 1998).

Starting from this definition, the lectures could be devoted to two aspects of the psychology of career into organizations:

The changing nature of career in the last two decades, related to the main changes in economic system, in the labour market and in the organizations. For instance the role of short terms and part time contracts in defining the careers of people; the career planning of organizations as a human resource management strategy;

The meaning of career for people and the individual factors that could enhance career development strategies for employees in organizations. For instance the role of proactivity and personal initiative for the development of a protean career; the individual capacity to handle uncertainty and career self management.

These topics will be developed with a constant reference to empirical researches in the field of psychology of career and giving particular attention to the methodological issue in studying career in organizations.

 

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CURRICULUM VITAE:  FRANCO FRACCAROLI

 

Franco Fraccaroli, born Peschiera d/G (Vr) on 17/11/1956 and resident in Verona (37128), via Querini 5 (franco.fraccaroli@unitn.it) (tel. +39 045 914221).

 

  • Full Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Cognitive Science, University of Trento.

  • Dean of the Faculty of Cognitive Science, University of Trento (2010-)

  • Director of the Department of Cognitive Sciences and Education, University of Trento, Rovereto campus (2004-2010).

  • President of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (2007-2009).

  • Member of the Executive Committee of European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (2003-2007).

  • Member of the Scientific Research Committee of the University of Trento (2004-2010).

  • Member of the Senato Accademico of the University of Trento (2010-)

 

1. Qualifications and posts held

* degree in Sociology awarded by the Faculty of Sociology, Università of Trento, 1982-83 academic year.
* research doctorate in "Sociology and Social Research", Faculty of Sociology, University of Trento (1991).
* post-doctoral bursary awarded by the "Direction de la Recherche et des Etudes Doctorales" of the French Ministry of Education (Toulouse, October 1991-September 1992).
* post-doctoral bursary awarded by the University of Bologna (1993-1995).
* Researcher in psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bologna (1995-1998).
* Associate Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Education Science, University of Genoa (1998-2002).
* Full Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Sociology, University of Trento (2002-2004).
* Full Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Cognitive Sciences, University of Trento (2004-).

2. Research.

He has collaborated on numerous research projects in work, organizational and educational psychology with:

  • Department of Social Policy, University of Trento;

  • Fondazione Corazzin, Venice;

  • IARD reserach institute, Milan;

  • Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Ufficio Fondo Sociale Europeo;

  • Studio Meta e Associati, Bologna;

  • ISFOL, Rome;

  • Ministry of Education, Rome;

  • Department of Education Science, University of Bologna;

  • Regione Emilia Romagna, Assessorato al Lavoro, Formazione, Università e Immigrazione;

  • Provincia di Grosseto, Assessorato Lavoro e Formazione Professionale;

  • Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione; Bologna;

  • Fondazione Alma Mater, Bologna;

  • Lab. Personnalisation et Changements Sociaux, Université de Toulouse Le Mirail

  • Lab. CAPRIT; Université de Sherbrooke, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Consiglio regionale, Regione Marche

  • Department of Psychology; Portland State University; Portland, Oregon; USA
His main areas of research are the following:

  • Psycho-social transitions to work and within work;

  • Psychological experience of joblessness;

  • Work entry in organizations;

  • Young people and the labour market;

  • Methodological aspects in the study of individual and organizational change;

  • Psychology of working times;

  • Elderly workers and the work exit phase;

  • Quality of organizational life;

  • Work integration of people with severe psychiatric disorders;

  • Psycho-social risk and quality of organizational life        

  • Evaluation of training programmes and the work accompaniment of adults;

  • Educational psychology;

 

Coordination of scientific research projects

National project research units (Progetti PRIN; Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca Scientifica)

  • 1999-2001: Skills and organizational socialization in processes of occupational mobility

  • 2004-2006: The elderly worker approaching retirement. psycho-social analysis of the process of work exit

  • 2006-2008: The perception of organizational fairness towards elderly workers

  • 2008-2011: Psychosocial risks in organization and safety behavior

 

Other publicly-funded projects:

  • Province of Grosseto: FSE project for the creation of a workshop and observatory on young enterpreneurship (110.000 euros; 2003-2005)

  • Province of Grosseto: FSE project for definition of an integrated model for the promotion of young entrepreneurship (143.000 euros; 2004-2006)

  • Municipality of Rovereto: research project on “Perception of elderly workers and organizational fairness” (54.000 euros; 2005-2008)

  • Municipality of Rovereto: research project on “Work integration in social cooperatives” (51.000 euros; 2008-2011)

  • Regional administration of Marche: research project on “Psycho-social risks among regional administrative staff” (15.000 euros; 2008-2009)

  • Federation of Cooperatives in Trentino, Italy; research project on “Work integration of people with psychiatric illness” (25.000 euros; 2008-2010)

  • IPRASE-Province of Trento: research project on “Psycho-social risks in school” (40.000 euros; 2010-2011)

  • European Social Found Office; Province of Trento: research project on training need analysis in Trento Region (90.000 euros; 2009-2011)

  • Fondazione Alma Mater, Bologna; research project on the experience of studying abroad for young people (75.000 euros; 2009-2011)

 

Editorial Board

  • European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

  • Journal of Business and Psychology

  • Journal of Workplace Learning

  • European Review of Applied Psychology

  • Journal of Management

  • Organizational Psychology Review

 

Scientific evalutaion activity and doctoral jury:

  • CRSH (Canada)

  • University of Louven La Neuve (Belgium)

  • University of Bologna (Italy)

  • University of Verona (Italy)

  • Libre Université de Bruxelles (Belgium)

  • University of Chichester (UK)

  • University of Liege (Belgium)

  • University of Toulouse (France)

  • Italian Ministery of Education, University and Research (PRIN)

  • University of Seville (Spain)

  • University of Valencia (Spain)

  • University of Maastricht (The Nederlands)

                       

3. Teaching (2005-11)

University of Trento, Faculty of Cognitive Science; Master in Psychology

2005-06: Work and Organizational Psychology (8 credits)
2006-07: Work and Organizational Psychology (8 credits)
2007-08: Work and Organizational Psychology (8 credits)
2008-09: Organizational Psychology (8 credits)
2009-10: Organizational Psychology (8 credits)
2010-11: Organizational Psychology (4 credits)

2005-06: Advanced Social Psychology (4 credits)
2006-07: Advanced Social Psychology (4 credits)
2007-08: Advanced Social Psychology (4 credits)

 

Besides his university teaching duties, he has taught courses for the following institutes:

    • Municipality of Bologna, Ufficio Progetto giovani

    • Accademia del Commercio e Turismo di Trento

    • Agenzia del Lavoro della Provincia Autonoma di Trento

    • ARIS Azione e ricerca sociale, Trento

    • Scuola Superiore di Pubblica Amministrazione, Bologna

    • Scuola Superiore di Pubblica Amministrazione, Reggio Calabria

    • C.U.D., Consorzio per l’Università a Distanza, Rende, Cosenza

    • I R R S A E, regional administrations of Emilia Romagna and Toscana

    • ENAIP Friuli Venezia Giulia

    • Scuola Superiore Sanità; Provincia Autonoma di Trento

    • IPRASE, Provincia Autonoma di Trento

    • Centro per la Formazione degli Insegnanti; Provincia Autonoma di Trento

* Visiting Professor at the University of Toulouse Le Mirail (Francia) (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010).
* Visiting Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (2005).
* Visiting Professor at Portland State University, Oregon, USA (2009)
* Visiting professor at University of Valencia, Spain (2010, 2011)

 

4. Consultancy work

- 1994 – 1998: collaboration with Studio Meta e Associati and the regional administration of Emilia Romagna (Work, Training, University and Immigration Department) to create a system to assess the quality of vocational training courses.

- 1993 – 1997: collaboration with the ISFOL training institute of Rome on evaluation, classification and content analysis of the European Community’s "FORCE 91-94" and "ADAPT 96-97" projects and products.

- 1998: member of the commission created by the School of Public Administration and the Ministry of Education to define criteria for the accreditation and selection of training agencies delivering the training programme for school principals (ministerial decree no. 187 of 2.8.98).

-1999: member of the work group created by the School of Public Administration to design a training programme for the Ministry of Education evaluators tasked with monitoring training courses for school principals (ministerial decree no. 187 of 2.8.98).

- 1998 – 2000: President of the commission created by the Vocational Training Section of the Autonomous Province of Trento to evaluate and select vocational training schemes co-financed by the European Social Fund.

- 1999: collaboration with "Butera e partner s.r.l." of Milan on a project run by the Ministry of Labour (Civil Service Department) to train officials at the Provincial Labour Offices on the devolution of Ministry of Labour services.

- 2001 – 2002: member of the assessment board for vocational training schemes organized by the Autonomous Province of Trento.

- 2000 – 2003: member of a work group set up to design an integrated system for assessment of vocational training in the province of Trento (president: prof. M. Colasanto).

- 2005 – 2006: collaboration with the European AWARE project on vocational training for workers aged over 45, administered by the Autonomous Province of Trento, FSE Office.

- 2007 – present: member of the Autonomous Province of Trento’s Task Force to create a system to evaluate the 2007-2013 planning document.

- 2008 – 2009: member of Alma Mater Foundation group of experts tasked with constructing a model to analyse and evaluate advanced training formation and university master courses.

- 2008 – present: member of the assessment board for the Province of Trento’s education and training system.

5. Main publications

C. Balducci; F. Fraccaroli; W. Schaufeli , Workplace bullying and its relation with work characteristics, personality, and post-traumatic stress symptoms: An integrated model in: ANXIETY, STRESS, AND COPING (2011), on-line.
D. Truxillo; F. Fraccaroli , A person centered work psychology: Changing paradigms by broadening horizons in: INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY , 2011 , 4, p. 102 -104
S. Zaniboni; F. Fraccaroli; D. Truxillo; M. Bertolino; T. Bauer , Training Valence, Instrumentality, and Expectancy Scale (T-VIES-it): Factor Structure and Nomological Network in an Italian Sample in: JOURNAL OF WORKPLACE LEARNING , 23 , 2, 2011, p. 133 -151
S. Zaniboni; F. Fraccaroli; P. Villotti; M. Corbière , Working plans of people with mental disorders employed in Italian Social Enterprises in: PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION JOURNAL , - (In Stampa) ,
C. Balducci; P. Spagnoli; V. Alfano; M. Barattucci; G. Notelaers; F. Fraccaroli , Valutare il rischio mobbing nelle organizzazioni. Contributo alla validazione italiana dello Short Negative Act Questionnaire (S-NAQ) in: PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE , 5 , 1, 2010, p. 147 -167
S. Zaniboni; M. Corbière; F. Fraccaroli; J. Perron , Work values of people with severe mental disorders registered in vocational programs: validation of the Work Values Questionnaire (WVQ) in: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH , 29 , 1, 2010, p. 107 -122
S. Zaniboni; G. Sarchielli; F. Fraccaroli , How are psychosocial factors related to retirement intentions? in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANPOWER , 31 , 3, 2010, p. 271 -285
M. Bertolino, D. Truxillo, F. Fraccaroli , Age as moderator of the relationship of proactive personality with training motivation, perceived career development from training and training behavioral intentions in: JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR , 32 , 2, 2011, p. 248 -263 .
Balducci C., Alfano V., Fraccaroli F., Relationship between mobbing at work and MMPI-2 personality profile, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and suicidal ideation and behavior. Violence and Victims, 2009, v. 24, n. 1, p. 52-67.
Faurie I., Fraccaroli F., Le Blanc A., Age et travail: des études sur le vieillissement au travail à une approche psychosociale de la fin de la carrière professionnelle. Le Travail Humain, 2008, v. 71, n. 2, p. 137-172.

Atzori M., Lombardi L., Fraccaroli F., Battistelli A., Zaniboni S., "Organizational socialization of women in the Italian army: learning processes and proactive tactics". Journal of workplace learning, 2008, v. 20, n. 5, p. 327-347.

 

Fraccaroli F., Depolo M., "Careers and aging work". Cap. 5:Chmiel N. (a cura di), An Introduction to work and organizational psychology, Oxford ; Malden, Mass. ; Carlton: Blackwell publishing, 2008. p. 97-118

Zappalà S., Depolo M., Fraccaroli F., Guglielmi D., Sarchielli G., Postponing job retirement?: Psychosocial influences on the preference for early or late retirement". Career Development International, 2008, v. 13, n. 2, p. 150-167.

Fraccaroli F., "L'expérience psychologique de l'incertitude au travail". Le travail humain, 2007, v. 70, n. 3, p. 235-250.

Battisti M., Fraccaroli F., Fasol R., Depolo M., "Psychological contract and quality of organizational life. An empirical study on workers at a rest home". Relations idustrielles/Industrial Relations, 2007, v. 62, n. 4, p. 664-689

Fraccaroli F., Apprendimento e formazione nelle organizzazioni. Bologna, Il Mulino, 2007.

Fraccaroli F., Le changement dans les organisations, Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 2002

Almudever B., Depolo M., Fraccaroli F., Hajjar V., “Conflitto e ambiguità di ruolo: validità di costrutto di una scala nella versione francese e italiana”. Bollettino di Psicologia Applicata, 2000, 230, 63-72.

Depolo M., Fraccaroli F., Sarchielli G. “Socialisation organisationnelle et activites preparatoire à la carriere: une étude sur les chercheurs scientifique en Italie; Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations, 2000, 6 (1-2), 227-240.

Fraccaroli F., Le Blanc A., Hajjar V., "Social self-description and affective well-being in young unemployed people. A comparative study", The European Work and Organizational Psychologist, 1994, 4 (2), 81-100, Hove East Sussex, England.

Depolo M., Fraccaroli F., Sarchielli G. "Psychological well-being in early work socialization", in F. Gamberale e T. Hagström (eds) "Young people and work" Arbete och Halsa vetenskaplig skriftserie, 33, 1994; National Institute of Occupational Health; Solna, Sverige, pp. 19-34.

Fraccaroli F., "Stabilité et changement des significations du travail. Une recherche longitudinale sur la transition école-emploi", Le Travail Humain, 1994, tome 57 (2), pp. 145-162, Parigi.

Depolo M., Fraccaroli F., Sarchielli G. "Tactiques d'insertion professionnelle pendant la transition de l'école au travail", Orientation Scolaire et Professionnelle, 1993, vol 22 (4), pp. 305-316, Parigi.

Sarchielli G., Depolo M., Fraccaroli F., Colasanto M., "Senza lavoro. Vincoli, strategie e risorse per la costruzione sociale dell'occupabilità", Bologna, Il Mulino, 1991.

 

Franco Fraccaroli authorizes the use of the personal information contained in this curriculum vitae in accordance with D. Lgs 196/2003

 

 

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