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"Soft  Skills"  and  their  role  in  employability  New  perspectives  in  teaching,  assessment  and  certification.  

 International  Workshop  University  Residential  Center  Bertinoro  (FC),  Italy  

Wednesday  18  -­‐  Thursday  19  November  2015        PROFILES  OF  CHAIRS  AND  SPEAKERS     Alessandro Alberani Alessandro Alberani is the Secretary General of the “Area Metropolitana Bolognese” of the CISL (Confederazione Italiana Sindacato Lavoratori, Italian Confederation Trade Unions) and a member of the Executive Board of CISL Italy. He graduated at the University of Bologna in Political Science. After a work experience as business developer at a bank, he joined the trade union of the bank's workers. He has been Head for the social and sanitary politics of the Bologna CISL, National Manager of the FIBA CISL, member of the commission for policies development for disabilities in the ETUC (European Trade Union Confederation), Professor of International Cooperation in different countries, such as Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Albania. He is registered in the bulletin board of the journalists, is the director of the CISL magazine of Bologna, and collaborates with the Church of Bologna in the Institute "Veritatis Splendor". Rocco Bonomo He graduated with a Degree in Experimental Psychology from “La Sapienza” University in Rome in 1988, with a focus on Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, and Industrial and Organisational Psychology. Since 1989 he has worked on processes to identify potential and development centers, designing managerial training projects, recruiting systems, as well as planning and appraising staff within a series of Italian companies in different sectors (energy, telecommunications, banking, agro-alimentary, tourism). He

 

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has worked on designing psychological tests for recruiting activities regarding the Rome Traffic department during the Jubilee year. In 2001 he was hired in Sfera – the Enel Group’s internal training company at the time – as a designer and course teacher for managerial training and organizational behaviour. In 2006 with the establishment of Enel University he became Head of the Managerial and Professional Learning Center, the area responsible for designing and delivering managerial and technical training projects for staff, as well as creating and implementing the institutional training system for all of the Enel group’s Italian and foreign companies. Since 2014 he has been Head of the Training & Recruiting Function for Country Italy, which in addition to Recruiting activities also designs and delivers both managerial and technical training for the line and staff functions. Throughout his professional career he has taught at the Chair of Psychology of Training and Professional Orientation at the Faculty of Psychology of “La Sapienza” University and in 2010 as Professor on Contract as Chair “Fundamentals of Industrial and Organisational Psychology”. Together with Tanucci G., and Cropano M.R., he has published Formazione e imprenditorialità (Training and Entrepreneurship), Edizioni Psicologia, Roma, and Report Tecnico del Progetto Polis, Italia Lavora, Roma. In collaboration with E. Pessa he also published Modelli Connessionistici della Percezione Visiva (Connectivity Models of Visual Perception), acts of the conference “Architetture Parallele e Reti Neuronali (Parallel architecture and neuronal networks), Vietri sul Mare (SA). Cristiano Ciappei Prof. Cristiano Ciappei, PhD, is Full Professor of Business Strategy, Management and Business Ethics at the University of Florence, Departement of Business Science. His research interests are related to: entrepreneurship and its anthropological and philosophical implications; marketing and creativity, technological transfer and start-ups. During the past recent years he was the coordinator of some entrepreneurial initiatives of the Tuscany region. He was previously visiting professor at the University of Linz and at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. He participated in many international conferences and workshop on the entrepreneurial aspect of the management.

 

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Ornella Chinotti Ornella Chinotti is Managing Director at CEB, leading SHL Talent Measurement in Italy. She has been working in the Human Capital Consulting field for over 25 years, with more than 10 years of senior talent management experience. She supports several organizations to develop integrated Talent Management programs in large blue-chip companies. She is associate professor at the Executive EMBA, Luiss University of Rome. She has published several articles on talent management space and is coauthor of the book” Development Factory” Franco Angeli editor. Barbara Cimatti

M.Sc. with honours in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Bologna (Unibo) and later specializing in the USA, Dr. Cimatti holds a Ph.D. in “Mechanics of materials and technological processes” of the University of Bologna. Since 2003 she has been coordinator and projects manager at the Institute of Advanced Studies Unibo, an international and interdisciplinary institution involved

in National and European projects for diffusion of knowledge and research. From 2009 to 2013 she also coordinated the activities of the Laboratory for Research on the City of the University of Bologna. Dr. Cimatti has been implementing postgraduate programs, mainly regarding industrial design and innovation technology in Argentina where she is actively involved at the Unibo campus in Buenos Aires. She organises technology transfers to Argentina and the Balkans as well as collaborating with Universities located in Japan, Taiwan, China and Vietnam, realizing joint didactical programs. Since 2006 she has been the coordinator of the Italian Design Summer School at the University of Bologna. She has managed applied joint research projects between the University of Bologna and significant Italian manufacturing enterprises. Dr. Cimatti is the author of a number of scientific papers and a reviewer at some International Journals. She serves as Assistant Editor at the International Journal of Organizational Innovation. She has been a visiting professor at several universities located in Germany, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Argentina. She is a Member of the Scientific

 

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Committee of the “Global Conference of Sustainable Manufacturing”, established in 2003 by the Technische Universität in Berlin proposed every year at a different venue. She has been Session Chair and Key Note Speaker at some international conferences. Dr. Cimatti is focused on the interdisciplinary connection between hard sciences and humanities. She has given seminars at several Institutions including the Italian Institutes of Culture in Tokyo, Toronto, New York and Chicago. She is the curator of the book “I silenzi di Borges” (“The silences of Borges”), which will be published in 2016 by Edizioni Mimesis, Italy. Her activity of research includes: technology complexity of industrial products and processes and industrial approaches where craftsmanship is enhanced, analyzing cases of “Made in Italy” enterprises, including aspects connected to Innovation and Design. Maria Cinque Maria Cinque, PhD, is Associate Professor of Didactics and Special Pedagogy at the Department of Human Studies of LUMSA University in Rome. She works also as a coach and a researcher in the Department of Educational Research of Fondazione Rui. She teaches Learning and Communication Skills at the Campus Bio-Medico University in Rome and holds seminars on soft skills in different Italian Universities (Palermo, Pisa, Pordenone, Roma, Udine). Her main research interests focus on coaching and creativity (Agire creativo, 2010), on technologies for teaching and learning (E-teaching, 2011), on talent development and management (In merito al talento, 2013), on soft skills (Soft skills in action, 2012, 2014; Soft skills per il governo dell'agire, 2014). Maria Grazia D’Angelo

Political Science degree, ASTER Human Capital Department Manager. Multiannual experience in designing, planning, managing and supervising of projects related to vocational guidance and training & development of human capital, with particular reference to: EU Programs and Initiatives , European Social Fund calls for regional development, technical assistance projects for local institutions.

Co-author of several publications about vocational guidance.

 

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Among the most recent activities carried out:

- Coordination of several European projects in the Lifelong Learning Programme (Wapper/Docent / GIANT / GIRC Projects)

- Design of training programs for young researchers for the development of cross sector and soft skills

- Planning and development of an innovative action about job assistance for high-skilled workers in companies operating in crisis (Spinner project, 2013).

Publication on the soft skills topic: Co-author in Docent Project Partnership, Beyond Academia: Career Perspectives For PhDs, Edigrafica Srl, Bologna, 2011 Marco De Candido Managing Director - AlmaLaurea srl in Bologna - Milan - Rome – Padua ‘We did not know it was impossible, so we did it’ this is the motto that best describes Marco. He is Change Agent with background across public and business sectors, bringing growth and helping organizations and people to develop their capabilities and opportunities in external engagement. His vision and work to move complex structures towards leadership is based on soft skills, creativity, emotional intelligence, lateral thinking and identification of uniqueness. Marco has led with success a wide range of innovative initiatives involving universities, companies and human capital, among others, AlmaOrienta (www.almaorienta.unibo.it), Borsa del Placement (www.progettodesmo.it), IULM Virtual Campus (www.virtualcampus.iulm.it) and the first University Employment Agency (Agenzia per il Lavoro d'Ateneo). As Head of Career Counsellor, Stage & Placement at IULM University in Milan he invented and developed an integrated set of before non-existent services that let the University win important awards for best practices in Counselling 2011 and in Placement 2012.

 

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In 2012, he was appointed President of the newly set up University2Work (www.u2w.it) network, gathering several Heads of University Placement Offices in Italy. Prior to this experience he was Responsible for the Structure, Policy development and Representation at Fondazione Emblema, his initiatives contributed to placement politics innovation and campus recruiting of main Universities and Companies in Italy. Among other wide range of managerial experiences, he was Human Capital Manager at the DeAgostini DL SpA within Talent Attraction, Management & Human Capital Retention Department; he was Head of Personnel Selection, Organizational and Professional Development of the bank central structure at Unicredit (Rolo Banca 1473). In his early experiences he was Regional Support Manager at Manpower SpA and Local Committee President of AIESEC voluntary organization in Italy. Marco is currently Managing Director of AlmaLaurea srl, he innovates services and designs projects such as AlmaLaurea Career Day - Al Lavoro event, Recruiting Day by AlmaLaurea, Company Profile at Top Employer, ST.AR.T. Students Arising Talents, B.E.S.T. Best Evaluated Session Talents, M.I.T.O. Matching Italian Talent Organizer and many others, involving yearly tens of thousands of students and hundreds of companies and gaining interest and recognition of press and media. With enthusiasm and creativity he is facing the challenge of the rising new age of Campus Recruiting & Employer Branding in Italy. Marco Depolo  

Academic Appointments 1992/93 to 1999/2000: Junior Full Professor (Applied Psychology), University

of Bologna 2000/01 on: Senior Full Professor (Work & Organizational Psychology),

University of Bologna

 

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Institutional, Scientific and Professional Responsibilities 1. Institutional

1999/2000 to 2002/03: Dean of the “Work & Organizational Psychology” 3-year Programme, University of Bologna

2003/04 to 2005/06: Dean of the BA Grade in Psychology, University of Bologna

2005 to 2009: Vice-Rector in charge of Organizational Innovation, University of Bologna

2009/10 to 2014/15: Dean of the "WOP-P" Erasmus Mundus Master, University of Bologna

2. Scientific 1999-2004: President of SIPLO (Società Italiana di Psicologia del Lavoro e

dell'Organizzazione; Italian Society for Work & Organizational Psychology).

President of “XIIIème Congrès International de Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations” (Bologna 2004).

2008 to 2011: member of the Executive Committee of AIP (Associazione Italiana Psicologi), the association of Italian researchers in universities and research institutions

3. Professional from 1990: Chartered Psychologist, Italian Official Register 2004 on: member of the Assessment Group of European Social Fund

projects (Provincia Autonoma di Trento). 2010 to 2012: member of NAC-Italy, the National Awarding Committee

(Italy) for the EuroPsy Certificate (EuroPsy) 2011 to 2014: Member of Scientific Committee, and responsible for the R&D

line on training evaluation in Public Administration, within the Special project of the Italian Government “Una rete per la formazione di qualità nella Pubblica Amministrazione– A network for quality training in Public Administration” (SNA, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri).

2012-13: member of SEAC (WOP Psychology), the European Awarding Committee for the Specialized EuroPsy Certificate in WOP Psychology.

 

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Sydney Engelberg

  Dr. Sydney Engelberg grew up in South Africa and attended the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and SUNY/Buffalo. He is currently on the faculty of the Schwartz Program in Nonprofit Management and the Community Leadership and Management Program, both at the Hebrew University; Associate Professor at Gratz College, Philadelphia and Ono Academic Center in Jerusalem. He has been Master of a Residential University College in Sydney, Australia; Founding Director of the Program in Community Psychology at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; taught at Clarke University, USA and Derby University, England. Dr. Engelberg has his own consulting company and current and past clients include the World Bank, UNICEF, IBM, Microsoft, Intel and the Neumo-Ehrenberg Group of Companies, amongst others. Dr. Engelberg has published widely and run training workshops in Latin America, Europe, Great Britain, Australia, Israel, Canada and the USA. Raffaele Ferragina He is the Founder and Managing Director of Profexa Consulting, a national recognized company in the field of Human Resources and organization development. He has 20+ years of HR experience providing organization development solutions in the areas of HR management, potential development analysis, recruiting and staffing, executive coaching, training and change management. He consults to companies across all industries, working closely with business leaders at all levels to build winning cultures, leadership, and HR systems and practices that drive performance and business results.

 

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Prior to founding Profexa, Raffaele’s work history includes positions such as Area Manager for consulting firms and Researcher and assistant professional in Work and Organisational Psychology at the faculty of Political Science of Bologna University. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Bologna University, is certified as a Senior Potential Development Analyzer (KHC Know How certification) and maintains a membership in the “Università delle Persone”, founded by Enzo Spaltro. Filippo Ferrari Filippo Ferrari is a Lecturer at Bologna University, School of Economics, Management and Statistics, where he teaches Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management. He has a Bachelor degree in Work, Organizational and Social Psychology and two Masters degrees in Education Science and in Social and Economic History. His topics of research are school-to-work transition, local labour market dynamics, Transaction Costs Economics and training needs analysis Cristiano Fragassa  

   M.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering of Materials at the University of Bologna, he has been assuming several roles inside this and other Higher Education Institutions in Europe. In his actual position of Assistant Professor in Bologna, he performed an intense teaching activity in courses related to topics of Industrial Engineering as Engineering of industrial products; Advanced techniques for Design of

 

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Machines; Elements of Design of Machines; Security and Reliability of Mechanical Systems; Functional and Aesthetical Design of Systems. As Contract Professor, he also performed part of courses in other Universities as Reggio Emilia, Belgrade, Kragujevac (Serbia), Rijeka (Croatia). He has been implemening a constant research activity mainly focused on Innovative Materials at both levels of scientific investigations and industrial innovation. Author of more than one hundred contributions as scientific papers and industrial memories. He participated to more than 60 congresses and workshops all over the World, including 12 invited lectures. He has been very active in Transfer of Technology actions toward enterprises, also holding several training courses in specific industrial sectors. Adding, he has been assuring a continuous action in fund raising and in project management within national and EU funded research/collaborative projects. He took relevant parts (as coordinator, supervisor, main investigator, etc.) in more than 25 projects. Specifically, referring to the topic of employability, he was the coordinator of “ATC Serbija”, an EU Regional Development project, where a didactical laboratory for life-long learning was established in the centre of Western Balkan in the business area of automotive. Its aim was to support on-the-job training and fast employment of more than 100 secondary students and unemployed technicians. Currently, he is coordinator of “AdriaHub”, a EU IPA project aiming at creating better conditions for employability of graduate students through the whole Adriatic area. At the moment, around 30 young researchers are involved in this pilot action. Finally, since 2009 he is external evaluator for EU Commission (including the EU Institute of Technology) and for the Italian Minister of Economic Development. These experiences, together with the participation in several Committees, have permitted him to established a wide network of personal relations. Maria Lucia Giovannini Maria Lucia Giovannini is Full professor of Experimental Pedagogy at the Science of Education Department of Bologna University. She has held many institutional offices amongst which: department/committee member, head of the Interdepartmental Centre of Education Research, member of the Advisory Committee for specialisation schools for the initial training of teachers, director of Master programme in Science of Lifelong Educational Processes.

 

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She teaches Measurement and Evaluation, Assessment of learning and Certification of competences, Design and Evaluation of training actions, Theory and Methods of Educational Research. Her main research fields are assessment problems and certification; problems related to selection and student drop-out within continuous education; the role of teachers and teacher training; the use of ICT within teaching and learning processes. Specific attention has been given to the methodological aspects of educational research through the in-depth analysis of quantitative and qualitative procedures as well as mixed-methods. Prof. Giovannini is member of national and international educational research societies and has been a prominent member of the international IAEP-II (The International Assessment of educational Progress) surveys Italian committee. Cesare Genesio Alessandro Grisi

Cesare Grisi is an HR professional who specializes in development of the Human Resources. He has been an HR Manager responsible for Organizing, Training, Change Management, Career Development, and other key aspects of his profession. He has devoted an important part of his activities to the management of Career Transition and Skill Development centers, where work on the evaluation and enhancement of personal and professional background played a key role. He designed, developed, conducted, and supervised training plans (for groups, personalized, and one to one), and also managed teams of trainers. He is an HR Management Consultant and Adjunct Professor at the University of Bologna, where he explores these themes from a managerial and academic point of view, and how they fit in the professional workforce.

His education and training path has a strongly transversal approach: after studying and working in the tourism sector, he got a degree in Literature and obtained his Ph.D. with a scholarship. He then began a career in Human Resources, with a specific Master and professional courses. He has established his profession as the result of a close synergy between theory and practice.

He has developed a multidisciplinary and interactive approach that creates a point of contact between the organization, the employees and their work context, focusing on the theoretical and scientific basis of the specific approach, matching them to the most appropriate methodologies.

 

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Dina Guglielmi 1. Licence and Ph.D. Ph.D. in Psychology at University of Bologna. Dissertation title: “Becoming a professional: facilitating factors and obstacles for the development of professional competences”, 2002. Degree in Psychology at the University of Bologna, 1996. 2. Position at University Currently full professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at the Department of Educational Studies “Giovanni Maria Bertin” (University of Bologna) and Director of 2nd cycle degree in “Planning and managing of educational intervention in social distress” (School of Psychology and Education). From 2005 to 2014, researcher in Work and Organizational Psychology, at the Faculty of Psychology (University of Bologna). 3. Teaching experience in Work and Organizational Psychology Has been teaching, at the Faculty of Psychology and of Educational Sciences of the University of Bologna, courses of 1st and 2nd degree level. Currently teaching Work Psychology (8 CFU) and Psychology of guidance and adult transitions (8 CFU) in 2nd cycle degree and in the Erasmus Mundus Master “WOP-P”. 4. Professional Activity From 1997 has worked as a consultant for Ce.Trans - Centro per le Transizioni al Lavoro e nel Lavoro – that today is a branch of the Department of Psychology (University of Bologna) on the following activities: development of assessment instruments for school and career counselling; planning of training courses and services for counselling; planning and conducting psychosocial research on topics related to vocational training, school drop-out, employability, coping strategies and professional competencies. Has participated and served as scientific director of national (eg. Services aimed at creating a regional system for monitoring and evaluation of interventions and guidance services, FVG Region) and international (eg. Leonardo da Vinci project "GIANT - Guidance: Innovative Actions and New Tools") projects. 5. Publications Has published, as main author and in collaboration, a number of scientific papers (books and book chapters, articles in national and international scientific journals), and also presented many communications in scientific international congresses.

 

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Jarkko Hautamäki Born 10.1.1948, Helsinki, Finland. Professor emeritus, University of Helsinki since 1.2.2014. Docent of Psychology of Schooling, University of Joensuu, since 1987. Honorary Professor, Faculty of Psychology, Moscow State University, Russia since 2006. Ex-Director and present Fellow of Centre for Educational Assessment, University of Helsinki, since 1996. Member of the Academia Scientiarum Fennica,/Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Suomalainen tiedeakatemia). Golden Medal, Finnish Psychological Union (2014). Member of the Council of Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (2014-2018) and of the Future of Finnish Basic Education, a Commission set by Ministry of Education and Culture. EU–learning to learn activities as a national or invited member of several expert groups within Brussels and CRELL /Ispra, Italy. Member of the editorial boards of International Journal of Educational Policy, Research and Practice, High Ability Studies, Psykologia, Finnish Journal of Psychology, Learning and Instruction (EARLI). Recent selected publications: Vainikainen, M.P., HautamŠki, J., Hotulainen, R. & Kupiainen, S. (2015). General and specific thinking skills and schooling: prepapering the mind to new learning. Thinking Skills and Creativity, in press; Wustenberg, S., Stadler, M., HautamŠki, J. & Greiff, S. (2014). The Role of Strategy Knowledge for the Application of Strategies in Complex Problem Solving Tasks. Technology, Knowledge and Learning; Scherer, R., Greiff, S. & HautamŠki, J. (2015). Expoloring the relation between time on task and ability in complex problem solving. Intelligence, 48, 37-50; Kupiainen, S., Vainikainen, M.P., Marjanen, J., & HautamŠki, J. (2014). The role of time on task in a low stakes assessment of cross-curricular skills. Journal of Educational Psychology, 106; HautamŠki, J. & Kupiainen, S. (2014). Learning to learn in Finland. Theory and policy, research and practice. In R. Deakin Crick, C. Stringher & K. Ren (Eds.) Learning to Learn. International perspectives from theory and practice. Routledge; Kupiainen, S., HautamŠki, J., Rantanen, P. (2008). EU pre-pilot on learning to learn. Report on the compiled data. 2008-1190/001-001 TRA-TRINDC. Markku Jokisaari Markku Jokisaari is a university research fellow in Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku and visiting fellow at Durham University. His research interests include topics like organizational socialization, social networks, working relationships, and work transitions. His work has been

 

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published in journals including Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, and Journal of Vocational Behavior. Bryce Kingsley

Giunio Luzzatto Giunio Luzzatto, former full professor of Mathematical Analysis in Genoa University, has taken part, since the Eighties of the XX Century, in various research activities about University organisation; he has led the Evaluation Committee of Bologna University and has been a member of the Italian “Tuning Project” and “Bologna Experts” Groups.

 

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Stefania Mangano Stefania Mangano has a PhD from the University of Girona (Spain). She is a Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science (Dispo) at University of Genoa. Since 2009 she is working in studies and surveys about employment and about competences of graduates. In the last few years she is also studying the quality of the didactic in Italian Universities. Massimo Marcuccio Degree in Philosophy from Bologna University (1991). Since 2001, research work within the research group led by Professor Maria Lucia Giovannini dedicated to empirical studies on assessment and evaluation in formal and non formal education and on the methods of empirical research in education. PhD in Experimental Pedagogy from La Sapienza University, Rome (2005). Researcher in Experimental Pedagogy of the Department of Education of Parma University (2006-2014). Since 2014 Associate Professor of Experimental Pedagogy at the Department of Educational Sciences "G. M. Bertin" of Bologna University and lecturing in Theories and Methods for Planning and Evaluation of Educational Programmes. Coordinator of Second cycle degree in Science Of Lifelong Educational Processes. Recent selected publications: Marcuccio M. (2015). La formazione degli insegnanti a una didattica dell’imparare a imparare. Tra scelte per l’innovazione ed elementi di problematicità. Giornale Italiano della Ricerca Educativa – Italian Journal of Educational Research, 14, 13-34; Giovannini M.L., Marcuccio M. (2014). Modalites de restitution et d’utilisation de donnees d’evaluation externes et internes au niveau d’etablissement secondaires en vue de contribuer au developpement professionnel des equipes educatives. 21e colloque de l’Admee-Europe; Luciano E., Marcuccio M. (2012). A contextual approach to assess learning dispositions through Learning Stories: first notes on a research project. 22nd EECERA Conference; Giovannini M.L., Marcuccio M. (2012). Ricerca sulla valutazione di un progetto scolastico innovativo. Scelte e interrogativi. Milano: Franco Angeli; Marcuccio M. (2012). Valutare l'impatto della formazione continua nelle imprese. Scelte teoriche e operative. Parma: Universitas Editore; Marcuccio M. (2009). L'imparare a imparare: da priorità strategica a pratica didattica. Una ricerca empirica nei

 

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percorsi professionalizzanti dell'obbligo formativo. In: G. Domenici, R. Semeraro (a cura di). Le nuove sfide della ricerca didattica tra saperi, comunità sociali e culture (171-185), Roma: Monolite Editrice. Gabriele Morandin Gabriele Morandin is Associate Professor of Organizational Design & Behavior at the School of Economics, Management & Statistics of the University of Bologna. He is also Director of the Master in Organization & Human Resources Management at Bologna Business School (BBS). He received the Ph.D in Management in 2005 and he has been Visiting Scholar and Research Assistant at the Ross School of Business of the University of Michigan from 2004 to 2006. His research is focused on Organizational Behavior. In particular, he studies sense-making, organizational communities, company-stakeholders relationship, and the newcomers' adjustment during organizational entry. Main Publications Morandin G., Bergami M., 2014. Schema-based sensemaking of the decision to participate and its effect on job performance. European Management Review, 11 (1): 5-20 Morandin G., Bagozzi R. P., Bergami M., 2013. Brand community membership and the construction of meaning. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 29 (2): 173-183 Marzocchi G. L., Morandin G., Bergami M., 2013. Brand communities: loyal to the community or to the brand? European Journal of Marketing, 47 (1/2): 93-114 Bagozzi R. P., Bergami M., Marzocchi G. L., Morandin G., 2012. Customer-organizational relationships: development and test of a theory of extended identities. Journal of Applied Psychology, 97 (1): 63-76 Bergami M., Monti A., Morandin G., 2012. Leadership in a combination of continuity and strategic change: building a new identity. In Bergami M., Celli P. L., Soda G., National monopoly to successful multinational: the case of Enel, pp. 118-135. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Morandin G. 2012. Goal setting and goal striving in organizational participation. Bologna: Edizioni Pendragon.

 

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Michele Pellerey Michele Pellerey is Professor emeritus of Theory and practice of Education in the Salesian University of Rome, in which he has been Dean of the School of Education and Rector. His researches are on the field of mathematical education, vocational education, learning and teaching processes, development and assessing of competences, learning with technology. Recent books: – Competenze. Il ruolo delle competenze nei processi educativi scolastici e formativi, Napoli, Tecnodid, 2011; Imparare a dirigere se stessi. Roma, Cnos-fap, 2013; - La valorizzazione delle tecnologie mobili nella pratica gestionale e didattica dell’istruzione e formazione a livello di secondo ciclo. Indagine teorico-empirica. Rapporto finale, Roma, Cnos-Fap, 2015, pp. 194. Articles: - La forza della realtà nell’agire educativo, in «Journal of Educational, Cultural and Psychological Studies», 9, June 2014, 63-81; - Che cosa abbiamo imparato sul piano della progettazione didattica dalle critiche al costruttivismo in ambito pedagogico, in “Giornale italiano della ricerca educativa”, vol. VII, 13, dicembre 2014, 259-271; - Ricerche sui processi di apprendimento scolastico. Analisi degli studi negli ultimi cinquant’anni, in “Rivista di Scienze dell’Educazione”, LIII(2015), 2, 172-183. Manuel Poblete Ruiz He earned a Bachelor of Arts (Major Psychology) at the Complutense University and a Doctorate in Psychology from the University of Barcelona. Prior to his degree and PhD had been graduated in Teaching by Pablo Montesinos Madrid School. Professor of Psychology at the University of Deusto (industrial and organizational psychology). He belongs to the team of teachers Innovation INNOVA University. In the private sector he worked as Social Director and Consultant. Co-author of the books: "Transactional Analysis. Model and Applications". CEAC. (1983). "Competency-Based Learning. A proposal for the assessment of generic skills". 3rd Ed. Messenger. (2008). "Experience multidisciplinary skills development and transferable credits in the university context", Ed. Messenger. (2007). Also author of articles in various professional journals. In the last fifteen years, in addition to teaching at the University of Deusto, he has participated as coordinator and as a member in various research (Professional Profiles of the Directors of Educational Centers, differentiation

 

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executive profiles by gender) and has participated as a speaker to Congresses, nationally and internationally. He has advised several universities nationally and internationally in the adaptation of the Curriculum Teaching Innovation processes derived from the Bologna Declaration and in the Organization and Management for the development of people. Emeritus of the University of Deusto. Recent selected publications: Poblete, M.: Bezanillla, M.J.; Fernández, D y Campo, L. (2015). Formación del docente en competencias genéricas: un instrumento para su planificación y desarrollo. EDUCAR. UAB (in press); Poblete, M.: Bezanillla, M.J.; Fernández, D.; Noël, M. y Campo, L. (2015). La entrevista como herramienta para la evaluación de competencias genéricas: construcción de un consenso sobre evidencias. Complutense de Educación. (in press); Poblete, M,; Villa, A. (2011). SEBSCO, una experiencia alternativa para evaluar competencias, Aula Abierta, 3/39, 15-30; Villa, A.; Poblete, M. (2008). Competences-based learning. A proposal for the assessment of generic competences. University of Deusto. Beatrice van der Heijden *Department: NSM, Business Administration, Strategic HRM *E-mail: b.vanderheijden@fm.ru.nl <mailto:b.vanderheijden@fm.ru.nl> *Functions Beatrice I.J.M. van der Heijden is professor of Business Administration, in particular Strategic HRM. She is Head of the Department Strategic HRM and Director of the Responsible Organization Research Program at the Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Management Research, the Netherlands. Moreover, she occupies a Chair in Strategic HRM at the Open Universiteit in the Netherlands, Faculty of Management Science, and at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. *Current research My research focuses upon developing empirically founded career development theory aimed at supporting employability and life-long learning. I strive for an integral approach that highlights many valuable HRM practices throughout the working life cycle. In line with the current interest in so-called Positive Psychology research, studies aimed at designing healthy prosperous and challenging careers form the basis for her work. My main research topics

 

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comprise ageing at work, age-related stereotyping, career development and employability. *Key scientific publications De Lange, A.H., Bal, P.M., Van der Heijden, B.I.J.M., De Jong, N., & Schaufeli,

W.B. (2011). When I'm 64: Psychological contract breach, work motivation and the moderating role of future time perspective and regulatory focus. Work & Stress, 25(4), 338-354.

Van der Heijden, B.I.J.M., De Lange, Demerouti, E., & Van der Heijde, C.M. (2009). Employability and Career Success Across the Life-Span. Age Effects on the Employability-Career Success Relationship. /Journal of Vocational Behavior, 74, /156-164/./

Van der Heijden, B.I.J.M., Demerouti, E., & Bakker, A.B., & the NEXT Study Group coordinated by Hans-Martin Hasselhorn (2008). Work-home interference among nurses: reciprocal relationships with job demands and health. /Journal of Advanced Nursing, 62/(5), 572-584.

Van der Heijde, C.M., & Van der Heijden, B.I.J.M. (2006). A competence-based and multidimensional operationalization and measurement of employability. /Human Resource Management, 45/(3), 449-476.

Van der Heijden, B.I.J.M. (2002). Prerequisites to guarantee life-long employability. /Personnel Review, 31/(1&2), 44-61*. /Awarded with the Literati Club 2003 Highly Commended Award./*

Guido Sarchielli He has been full-time Professor with tenure of Work Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Bologna. He taught Educational Psychology at the University of Bologna, Social Psychology at the University of Modena and of Trento, Work Psychology at the University of Trento and at the University of Lugano (USI). He was Director of the Dept. of Work Issues, and of the of Dept. of Social Policies, University of Trento. He was Dean of the Faculty of Psychology of Bologna and Rectorial Delegate for University guidance and counselling. He carried out for 6 years the role of Vice-Rector for the Campuses of Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna and Rimini (Multicampus of the University of Bologna). The main research topics are: Occupational socialization of youth & work values; Unemployment; Time perspective; Vocational training; Psychosocial effects of occupational flexibility and contingent work; Models of competences; Acquisition of social & professional competences; Emotions at work; Leadership; Aging, work & retirement.

 

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Publishing activities: At present he is in the Editorial board of the Italian psychological journals: -“Giornale Italiano di Psicologia” (Il Mulino, Bologna);-“Counseling” (Erickson, Trento); “Psicologia contemporanea” (Giunti, Firenze); “Psicologia sociale” (Il Mulino, Bologna) - He is in the Scientific Committee of Psychology for the Publishers “Il Mulino”, Bologna. Selection of the last articles: Avanzi L., van Dick R., Fraccaroli F. & Sarchielli G. (2012). The downside of organizational identification: Relations between identification, workaholism and well-being, Work & Stress, 26, 3, pp.289-307. Toderi S., Balducci C., Edwards J. A., Sarchielli G., Broccoli M., Mancini G. (2013), Psychometric properties of the UK and Italian versions of the HSE Stress Indicator Tool: A cross-cultural investigation, European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 29, pp.72-79. Toderi S., Gaggia A., Balducci C., Sarchielli G. (2015). Reducing psychosocial risks through supervisors' development: A contribution for a brief version of the “Stress Management Competency Indicator Tool” Science of The Total Environment, 03, 518-519C, 345-351. The last three books: Toderi S., Sarchielli G. (2013). Sviluppare la carriera lavorativa, Bologna, Il Mulino; Sarchielli G., Fraccaroli F. (2015). Andare in pensione. Piaceri, dispiaceri, opportunità, Bologna, Il Mulino; Sarchielli G., De Plato G., Albertini S. ((2015) Profili di leadership medica, Bologna, Bononia University press. Ida Sirolli Head of Research & Education, Telecom Italia S.p.a. Ida has worked in the HR dept. of large companies as manager of organizational development, training, internal communication, knowledge management. She is currently head of Research & Education within Telecom Italia’s People Value Dept. Her responsibility is to define models, systems and policies of Knowledge Management and Education and establish and manage partnerships with universities and national and international research centers. Ida is an Industrial Psychologist and has a master degree in Strategic Human Resources Management achieved at Bocconi University. She has worked in the HR depts. of large companies for 18 years managing activities related to development, recruiting, training, employer branding and internal communication. She is also a certified counsellor, psychotherapist and Executive Coach.