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Dina Guglielmi
Design of a safety training package for migrant workers in the construction industry
Abstract The construction sector is known as a high-risk sector with many safety challenges. It is also characterised by a large number of migrant workers and these workers report higher accident rates than native workers. This paper presents the design of the CSTP (Construction Safety Training Programme). The CSTP is a theory-based training program aimed at improving safety behaviours in construction sites acknowledging the particular challenges migrant workers face. Based on second and third generational models of training, we developed a training program that addresses the challenges faced by migrant workers in the construction industry, namely language and cultural barriers, times press…
A New Academic Quality at Work Tool (AQ@workT) to Assess the Quality of Life at Work in the Italian Academic Context
Refereed/Peer-reviewed The present study provides evidence for a valid and reliable tool, the Academic Quality at Work Tool (AQ@workT), to investigate the quality of life at work in academics within the Italian university sector. The AQ@workT was developed by the QoL@Work research team, namely a group of expert academics in the field of work and organizational psychology affiliated with the Italian Association of Psychologists. The tool is grounded in the job demands-resources model and its psychometric properties were assessed in three studies comprising a wide sample of lecturers, researchers, and professors: a pilot study (N = 120), a calibration study (N = 1084), and a validation study …
G.I.A.N.T. Guidance : Innovative Actions and New Tools. A Leonardo da Vinci Project
GIANT is a two years long Leonardo da Vinci project (2008-2010) that involves 8 partners: the promoter ASTER s.cons. p.a. (Italy), Ce.Trans (Italy), Friuli Venezia Giulia Region (Italy), Marche Region, Milan Province (Italy), Bologna Province (Italy), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Institute of Education Science (Rumania). The GIANT Project intends to implement a model of guidance services’ governance that was defined by GIRC (Guidance Innovation Relay Centres) a previous Leonardo da Vinci project. The general aim is to support improvements in quality and innovation in guidance system. The concrete application of GIRC model foresees three principal lines of work: 1. adaptati…