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Boundaryless Careers and Occupational Wellbeing

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Michela Cortini, Giancarlo Tanucci, Estelle M. Morin
      Pages 1-3
  3. New Career Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
    2. The Protean and Boundaryless Career in Italy: Game on?

      • Alessandro Lo Presti, Marcello Nonnis, Jon P. Briscoe
      Pages 7-16
    3. A Newcomer’s Career between Community and Identity

      • Marta Traetta, Susanna Annese
      Pages 30-41
    4. Obscure Future? A Pilot Study on University Students’ Career Expectations

      • Michela Cortini, Emanuela Notarangelo, Elisa Cardellicchio
      Pages 42-53
  4. Occupational Well-being

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
    2. Job Resources and Exhaustion at Work:The Mediating Role of Global Meaning

      • Maria Elena Magrin, Stefano Gheno, Marta Scrignaro, Veronica Viganò
      Pages 87-99
    3. Hostile Behaviors in the Workplace: Consequences and Reactions of the Victims

      • Marcello Nonnis, Stefania Cuccu, Stefano Porcu
      Pages 112-120
    4. 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, Paolo Boscolo
      Pages 121-131
    5. The Role of Empathy in Health Professions: A Study of Professional and Volunteer Operators

      • Filomena Milena Marzano, Carmencita Serino, Gianvito D’Aprile
      Pages 132-140
    6. Work Experience As a Discursive Resource for Subjective Well-being

      • Amelia Manuti, Giuseppe Mininni, Rubino Rossella, Rosa Scardigno
      Pages 141-157
  5. Atypical Workers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
    2. Atypical Workers and Burnout: Preliminary Research

      • Callea Antonino, Federica Ballone
      Pages 171-180
    3. Work Identity, Well-being and Time Perspective of Typical and Atypical Young Workers

      • Elisabetta Crocetti, Augusto Palmonari, Barbara Pojaghi
      Pages 181-190
    4. Atypical Employment: An Explorative Study of the Motivations and Attitudes of Atypical Workers

      • Emanuela Ingusci, Francesca Palano, Laura Ressa, Giancarlo Tanucci
      Pages 191-202

About this book

The relationship between the so called boundaryless careers and the occupational wellbeing is a fascinating issue. The themes of boundaryless and protean careers are noteworthy if we consider the challenges posed by a transition to more temporary employment arrangements from an industrial to a knowledge-based economy we are facing today. The book is enriched by empirical data analysis and case studies, which on one hand allow an in-depth view of the relation between new careers and wellbeing for specialists and, on the other one, become a fertile benchmark for professionals to look at. The novelty is represented by the effort of giving such construct an interdisciplinary approach, moving from law to organizational psychology, to economy, and to occupational health.

Editors and Affiliations

  • G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy

    Michela Cortini

  • University of Bari, Italy

    Giancarlo Tanucci

  • HEC Montreal, Canada

    Estelle Morin

About the editors


MICHELA CORTINI is Professor of Work Psychology and Organizational Psychology at the University G.D'Annunzio of Chieti and received her PhD in Psychology of Communication from the University of Bari, Italy, and her PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Paris, France. Her primary research interest is in the field of organizational behavior and in particular on organizational communication. She has edited and published many books and articles, both nationally and internationally, mainly on the issues of organizational communication, corporate social responsibility and the methodology of research in psychology.

GIANCARLO TANUCCI is full Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology and of HR Management at the University of Bari, Italy, where he did serve as Director of the department of Psychology. He is a psychologist, and his primary research interest is in the field of organizational behavior and career development. He leads the SocietĂ  Italiana di Psicologia dell'Educazione e della Formazione (SIPEF), and he is author and co-author of several books and articles, both nationally and internationally.

ESTELLE MORIN is Professor of Organizational Behavior at HEC Montréal (the Affiliated Business School of University of Montreal). She has been a psychologist since 1984 and her primary research interest is in the field of organizational behaviour and organizational development. In 2002, she founded, along with other colleagues at variousuniversities, CRITEOS, the Research and Intervention Center for Work, Organizational Effectiveness and Health, at HEC Montréal. She is author or co-author of several books, including: Psychologie et management and In Search of Meaning. She has also published many articles, mainly on the issues of meaning of work and organizational effectiveness, in French, Portuguese and in English.

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