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Work-related post-traumatic stress disorder: an italian preliminary study of bank-employees victims of robbery
No full textChanges at workplace as antecedents of bullying
No full textBullying is a complex and multi-causal phenomenon that cannot be explained by one single factor, but rather by an interaction of different factors; it is a process that typically begins with indirect actions and degenerate in direct and aggressive behaviours (Einarsen et al., 2003). Usually the victims are not immediately aware of the real nature of the situation but, after a variable amount of time, the very moment of the onset is recognised. The aim of the study, currently in progress, is to identify the main antecedents of bullying as reported by a sample of patients victims of bullying examined at the Medical Centre for Occupational Stress and Harassment of “Clinica del Lavoro Luigi Devoto” (Milan) for work-related psychiatric disorders. The patients (N=77) were subjected to a three-day protocol. Qualitative analysis of occupational history, as collected by an occupational physician and a psychologist, was conducted. The results show that the most frequent antecedents of bullying are restructuring (23.4%) (new management, new bosses, new colleagues and proprietor) and the change of one or more superiors (23.4%), without restructuring. 14.3% of the subjects stated that problems began when they requested the respect for their rights or posed other demands (a promotion, a transfer etc.). 10.4% of the subjects reported that their problem began soon after their employment in a new workplace. 9.1% said that problems occurred when they were moved to a new office. Only 5.2% affirmed having been discriminated after refusing sexual proposals or when they reported being affected by a disease. These results show that the change, of different type, at the workplace is a critical factor and that, although per se insufficient, can trigger the bullying process. This is the reason why the management of change seems to be a very important intervention for preventing bullying
Le differenze di genere nelle situazioni di mobbing
No full textBackground: Despite the attention that international Agencies give to the gender issue in situations of workplace bullying, few investigations have been performed on this topic. Objectives: The aim of the study is describe the gender differences in victims of workplace bullying observed in an Italian survey. Methods: A total of 243 subjects (124 males and 119 females) were examined at the Centre for Occupational Stress and Harassment of the "Clinica del Lavoro Luigi Devoto" (University of Milan and IRCCS Foundation); they were selected among patients who met the criteria for being considered victims of negative actions at work leading to workplace bullying. Data regarding the person, workplace and the workplace bullying situation were collected by means of an ad hoc questionnaire. Results: Analysis of the data, compared with those of ISTAT 2002, showed a higher prevalence of females subjected to negative actions at work. In women, the risk of being subjected to negative actions leading to workplace bullying was shown to increase in the 34-44 age range and to decrease in higher age ranges; in men the risk remained elevated also after 55 years of age. Conclusions: In general, women were victims of negative actions regarding personal values related to emotional-relational factors, while men were attacked on their work performance. Sexual harassment, may mark the onset of other types of psychological harassment or can be one of its components
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
La patologia stress-correlata nei bancari che hanno subito rapina: risultati preliminari di un'indagine in corso
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