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Boundaryless Careers and Occupational Well-Being

Michela Cortini Professor of Organizational Psychology, G. d´Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara

Giancarlo Tanucci Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Bari

Estelle Morin Professor of Organizational Behavior, HEC Montreal

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List of Figures

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List of Graphs

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Notes on Contributors

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Introduction Michela Cortini, Giancarlo Tanucci and Estelle M. Morin Part I

New Career Models

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The Protean and Boundaryless Career in Italy: Game on? Alessandro Lo Presti, Marcello Nonnis and Jon P. Briscoe

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The Timing of Adjustment Strategies during Work Role Transition: A Longitudinal Comparison between Newcomers and Job Changers Stefano Toderi and Guido Sarchielli

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A Newcomer’s Career between Community and Identity Marta Traetta and Susanna Annese

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Obscure Future? A Pilot Study on University Students’ Career Expectations Michela Cortini, Emanuela Notarangelo and Elisa Cardellicchio Part II

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Occupational Well-being

What Makes Them Happy? Comparing Working and Non-Working Men and Women in Typical and Atypical Occupations Dahlia Moore Job Resources and Exhaustion at Work: The Mediating Role of Global Meaning Maria Elena Magrin, Stefano Gheno, Marta Scrignaro and Veronica Viganò Risk Perception and Safety Standards Violation: Psychosocial Antecedents of Injury in a Metalworking Factory Valeria Piras and Maria Lacasella

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Hostile Behaviors in the Workplace: Consequences and Reactions of the Victims Marcello Nonnis, Stefania Cuccu and Stefano Porcu Occupational Stress and Job Insecurity May Reduce the Immune NK Response in Men Working in a University Laura Forcella, Angela Di Donato, Luca Di Giampaolo, Massimilano Barattucci, Angelo Turano and Paolo Boscolo

10 The Role of Empathy in Health Professions: A Study of Professional and Volunteer Operators Filomena Milena Marzano, Carmencita Serino and Gianvito D’Aprile 11 Work Experience As a Discursive Resource for Subjective Well-being Amelia Manuti, Giuseppe Mininni, Rubino Rossella and Rosa Scardigno 12 Models of Workers’ Involvement in Societas Europaea’s Governance Daniela Caterino Part III

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Atypical Workers

13 Atypical Workers and Burnout: Preliminary Research Callea Antonino and Federica Ballone 14 Work Identity, Well-being and Time Perspective of Typical and Atypical Young Workers Elisabetta Crocetti, Augusto Palmonari and Barbara Pojaghi 15 Atypical Employment: An Explorative Study of the Motivations and Attitudes of Atypical Workers Emanuela Ingusci, Francesca Palano, Laura Ressa and Giancarlo Tanucci 16 Job Satisfaction and Values: A Comparison between Non-traditional Workers and Traditional Workers Silvia De Simone and Marina Mondo Part IV

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Work–Life Balance

17 Perceived Utility of Welfare Initiatives in an Italian Multinational Corporation Simona Ricotta, Claudio G. Cortese and Chiara Ghislieri

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18 The Role of Work–Family Spillover in Psychological Well-being and Psychological Discomfort at Work Lara Colombo and Chiara Ghislieri

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19 The Impact of Law 53/2000 (Regulation of Parental Leave) on Fathers: A Good Law Disregarded in Daily Life Sara Mazzucchelli

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20 Female Participation to Labor Markets and the Role of Policy Measures in Local Performance Raffaella Patimo

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21 Reconciling Work and Family Life: Collective Bargaining in the Local Public Services Sector Carla Spinelli

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Organizational Efficiency

22 Promoting Psychological Health and Performance in an Educational Work Context: How the Satisfaction of Three Basic Psychological Needs Can Help Achieve Both Maryse Brien, Jean-Sébastien Boudrias, Dominic Lapointe and André Savoie 23 A Study of Willingness to Mentor: Demographic Differences, Determinants and the Moderating Effect of Organizational Usefulness Paola Gatti and Stefania Santoro

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24 The Right Place for the Right Man Lucia Monacis and Maria Sinatra

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Index

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Tables

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Comparison between measurement models of PCAS Comparison between current and Briscoe et al.’s PCAS item loadings Comparison between measurement models of BCAS Comparison between current and Briscoe et al.’s BCAS item loadings Zero-order correlation between the PCAS and BCAS subscales used in the current study and those of Briscoe et al Descriptive statistics and correlation coefficients for the study variables From traditional career to boundaryless career Frequency of newcomer’s non-verbal behaviors Distribution of turn taking Distribution of the newcomer’s repairs Levene’s test of equality of error variances dependent variable: career attitude Descriptive statistics Tests of between-subjects effects Cosine’s coefficient of word associations for the word “work” Analysis of variance-working and non-working men and women Scalar maximum likelihood regression estimates – men and women Scalar maximum likelihood regression estimates – non-working and working men Scalar maximum likelihood regression estimates – non-working and working women Means, Standard Deviations, internal consistencies (Cronbach’s αs on the diagonal), and correlations among the variables (N = 139) Indicators related to control of risk and gravity of risk factors Descriptive analysis concerning the risk perception construct Analysis of the latent factorial structure of the attitude towards risk construct Analysis of the latent factorial structure of the safety regulation violation construct Correlations between antecedent factors ANOVA for play risk factors vs risk control ANOVA for ethic risk factors vs risk control ANOVA for play risk factors vs risk gravity

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7.11 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 9.1

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10.1 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 14.1 14.2

14.3 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5

ANOVA for ethic risk factors vs risk gravity Linear regression for control, gravity, play risk, and ethic risk factors vs regulation violation Hierarchic linear regression of the predictor connected to rule violation behavior Oppressive actions Consequences for the worker Reactions of the worker to mobbing Contributing stress-related psychosomatic factors Contributing factors in the psychological sphere Contributing factors in the behavioral sphere Contributing factors on informal relationships outside the workplace Contributing factor on formal relationships outside the workplace STAI I, STAI II, job strain (job demand/decision latitude), social support, job insecurity, and subjective symptoms of men working in a university STAI I, STAI II, job strain (job demand/decision latitude), social support, job insecurity, and subjective symptoms of women working in a university Strengths and weaknesses of caregivers’ relationships with patients (content analysis of participants’ free answers) Means and Standard Deviations Cronbach’s alpha: emotional exhaustion Cronbach’s alpha: depersonalization Cronbach’s alpha: low personal satisfaction Pearson’s coefficient correlation Threshold values of males Threshold values of females Descriptive statistics for the variables included in the study Associations between work identity processes and satisfaction with life (standardized betas and proportions of explained variance) Distribution of typical and atypical workers across work identity statuses Sample characteristics Number of past jobs Proactivity Scale, principal components analysis (Rotated component matrix) TOM, Principal Components Analysis (Rotated component matrix) T-test for independent samples: Proactivity–Occupational situation

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15.6 T-test for independent samples: Proactivity–Contract duration 15.7 T-test for independent samples: Number of past jobs 15.8 T-test for independent samples: Motivation Orientation–Gender 15.9 T-test for independent samples: Motivation Orientation–Occupational situation 16.1 Traditional workers 16.2 Atypical workers 16.3 Chart of the main characteristics of the four clusters 17.1 Perceived utility of welfare initiatives – results for each initiative (1–7 point scale) 17.2 Perceived utility of welfare initiatives – results for initiatives in categories (1–7 point scale) 17.3 Correlations between utility of welfare policies, facet job satisfaction, global job satisfaction, and work motivation 18.1 Correlations between scales (Pearson’s r); Means (M), Standard Deviation (SD) of the scales; reliability of scales (a) 18.2 Multiple Regression – Well-being at Work (Method Enter; R-squared .28) 18.3 Multiple regression – discomfort at work (Method Enter; R-squared .28) 20.1 Main labor market indicators, EU 27 (plus Norway), 2007 20.2 The inconsistency of policy targets as shown in EU* female labor market data, 2006 20.3 Main labor market indicators, Italian regions, 2007 22.1 Factor loadings, communalities (h2), and percents of variance for Principal Axis Factoring extraction and Promax rotation on Teachers’ Task Performance Questionnaire (N = 146) 22.2 Factors correlations matrix 22.3 Descriptive statistics and correlations among variables measured 23.1 Psychometric properties of scales 23.2 Means, standard deviations and intercorrelations of all variables 23.3 Multiple regression results examining interaction effect of drawbacks and organizational usefulness on willingness 23.4 DtM regression coefficients at three moderator levels (OUM) 24.1 Average performance 24.2 Post-test means for profile of mood questionnaire 24.3 Means for subjects ratings

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Figures Estimated marginal mean of Career A Graph of word occurrences and co-occurrences on a multidimensional space 4.3 A multidimensional scaling using a “word × word” matrix with 2 occurrences as the lower thershold of word occurrence 5.1 Theoretical nonrecursive model 5.2 Empirical model – men in typical (male-typed) occupations 5.3 Empirical model – men in atypical (female and mixed) occupations 5.4 Empirical model – women in typical (female-typed) occupations 5.5 Empirical model – women in atypical (mixed and male-typed) occupations 9.1 STAI I and STAI II in groups with low (