Diversity at work - DiWo

Research topics

• Diversity management
• Ageing at work
• Job characteristics and age
• Retirement process
• Work integration of people with mental illnesses
• Wellbeing and occupational health
• Uncertainty and employability

Head

Sara Zaniboni, Associate Professor

Scientific disciplinary sector:

M PSI 06 - Work and Organizational Psychology

Selected publications 2019-2023

1. Fraccaroli, F., Zaniboni, S., & Truxillo, D (2023). Challenges in the new economy: A new era for work design. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-081722-053704
2. Bellotti, L., Zaniboni, S., Balducci, C., & Toderi, S. (2023). I work with older workers if I hold stereotypes regarding their competence? The consequences for stereotype holders. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/cbs0000396
3. Cadiz, D., Brady, G.M., Yaldiz, L.M., Zaniboni, S., & Truxillo, D. (2022). Age stereotypes do matter: Looking through the lens of the attraction-selection-attrition model. Work, Aging and Retirement, 8, 4, 339–342. https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waac009
4. Zaniboni, S., Topa, G, & Balducci, C. (2021). Core self-evaluations affecting retirement-related outcomes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 174, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010174
5. Balducci, C., Alessandri, G., Zaniboni, S., Avanzi, L., Borgogni, L., & Fraccaroli, F. (2021). The impact of workaholism on day-level workload and emotional exhaustion, and on longer-term job performance. Work and Stress, 35, 6-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2020.1735569
6. Zaniboni, S., Kmicinska, M., Truxillo, D. M., Kahn, K., Paladino, M. P., & Fraccaroli, F. (2019). Will you still hire me when I am over 50? The effects of implicit and explicit age stereotyping on resume evaluations. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 28, 453-467. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2019.1600506

Grants 2019 -2023

• PNRR grant. Project Experiences and representations of aging in the labour market. An employers-employees perspective (Zaniboni)
• Erasmus + grant. Project HM4HRM Mental Health Toolkit for Human Resources Managers in the workforce (Zaniboni, Balducci, Toderi)
• SNF grant. Project When more uncertainty is better: Interventions for promoting effective uncertainty regulation at work (Grote, Magni, Gerlach, Pfrombeck, Zaniboni)

National and International Collaborations 2019 - 2023

• prof. Franco Fraccaroli, prof. Lorenzo Avanzi, e prof. Michela Vignoli, Università di Trento (IT);
• prof. Guido Alessandri, Università di Roma “La Sapienza” (IT);
• prof. Donald Truxillo, Portland State University (USA) and University of Limerick (IE);
• prof. Mo Wang, University of Florida (USA);
• prof. Marc Corbière e Patrizia Villotti, Université du Québec à Montréal (CA);
• prof. Silvia Dello Russo, LUISS (IT);
• prof. Gabriela Topa, UNED (SP);
• prof. Gudela Grote, ETH Zürich (CH)
• prof. Hannes Zacher, Leipzig University (DE)

Editorial activities 2019-2023

• Editorial board member: Work, Aging and Retirement; Psicologia Sociale; Giornale Italiano di Psicologia; Frontiers in Psychology and Communication (Organizational Psychology) (Zaniboni).
• Member of the scientific and program committee of AWM (Age in the Workplace meeting), St. Gallen, 2019; Groningen, 2021; Vilnius, 2023 (Zaniboni).
• Editorial board member: Work and Stress, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology; Journal of Business and Psychology, Occupational Health Science, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Balducci).
• Guest Editor Special issue “Uncertainty and Age: Key issues to navigate in the emergent new era of work” in Work, Aging, and Retirement (Zaniboni).
• Guest Editor Special issue “Diversity, inclusion and work” in Psicologia Sociale (Zaniboni)
• Guest Editor Special issue “Age at Work, Well-Being, and COVID Related Challenges” in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Zaniboni - Balducci).
• Guest Editor Special issue “Workplace bullying: New evidence and perspectives on antecedents and individual and organizational outcomes” in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Balducci - Zaniboni).

Scientific and professional associations 2019-2023

Affiliations

• EAWOP - European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology. SIOP - Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. AIP - Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sezione Psicologia per le organizzazioni. (Zaniboni)
• EAWOP - European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology. EAOHP - European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology. AIP - Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sezione Psicologia per le organizzazioni. (Balducci)
• EAWOP - European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology. AIP - Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sezione Psicologia per le organizzazioni. (Toderi)