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DAMIANO GIRARDI
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Professore Associato
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VIA VENEZIA, 14 - PADOVA
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Associate Professor. Ph.D. in Psychological Sciences, specializing in Personality and Social Psychology, awarded by the University of Padua.
Engaged in scientific and teaching activities within the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology (FISPPA) – Section of Applied Psychology at the University of Padua. Lecturer in the courses "Work and Organizational Psychology" for the First cycle degree courses (Bachelor's Degree Programs) in Social and Work Psychology (School of Psychology, Department FISPPA) and in Environment and Workplace Prevention Techniques (School of Medicine, Department of Cardiac-Thoracic-Vascular Sciences and Public Health).
His main research areas include:
(a) the assessment of work-related stress risk and individual/organizational well-being, also through the integration of multiple measurement methods, including self- and other-reports, objective indicators, and biological markers;
(b) the antecedents and consequences—at both individual and organizational levels—of workaholism and work engagement as two forms of heavy work investment, with a focus, in line with the biopsychosocial model, to the interaction between individual and organizational factors in the development of these phenomena;
(c) the role of individual variables (negative affectivity, perfectionism, narcissism, Psychological Capital) in the development of work-related stress (e.g., exposure and reactivity to stressful situations), individual/organizational well-being, and heavy work investment;
(d) risk and protective factors related to the use of technology (e.g., technostress, Zoom fatigue), also in relation to remote work (e.g., smart working).
Member of research teams operating in the Quality & Marketing and Human Resources Laboratory (from 2009 to 2018) and in the Interdepartmental Research Center on Work-Related Stress – CIRD (since 2013), within the FISPPA Department.
Member of the research groups involved in applied research projects on work-related stress risk assessment (including collaborations with Azienda ULSS6 Euganea, the Municipality of Padua, the University Hospital of Padua AOUP, and the Italian Finance Police – Guardia di Finanza).
Member of the Editing Direction of the journal TPM. Academic Editor of the journal Plos One.
Reviewer for several international journals, including: Psychology, Health & Medicine; Frontiers in Psychology; Applied Psychology: An International Review; Current Psychology; Journal of Applied Social Psychology; Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin; European Review of Applied Psychology; Health Psychology Report; Personality and Individual Differences; Behavioral Sciences; Frontiers in Education - Higher Education; Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation; Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being; Safety Science; Work & Stress; Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.
Notices
Office hours
Wednesday from 11:00 to 13:00
Gentili studentesse, gentili studenti, si comunica che il ricevimento avverrà il mercoledì dalle 11:00 alle 13:00 in presenza, previo appuntamento via e-mail. È dunque necessario prendere preventivamente accordi via e-mail con il docente. *** Gentili studentesse, gentili studenti, si avvisa che il ricevimento di mercoledì 4 giugno verrà anticipato a martedì 3 giugno alle ore 14:30. Un cordiale saluto, Damiano Girardi
Publications
Selected Publications
- Girardi et al. (2025). Supervisor support and virtual leadership moderate the association between technostress creators and strain in remote work: Evidence based on hair cortisol and occupational physician's hetero-evaluations. PLoS One 20(6):e0323385. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323385
- Girardi et al. (2024). The costs of technostress when working remotely: A multi-method investigation of technostress creators, job autonomy, and stress biomarkers in a perspective of job demands and resources
-Girardi et al. (2024). Hair dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate as biomarker of employees’ well-being? A longitudinal investigation of support, resilience, and work engagement during COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 15.
-Falco, A., Girardi, D., et al. (2023). Is Smart Working Beneficial for Workers’ Wellbeing? A longitudinal investigation of smart working, workload, and hair cortisol/dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2023, 20(13), 6220
-De Carlo, A., Girardi, D., et al. (2022). Out of sight, out of mind? A longitudinal investigation of smart working and burnout in the context of the job demands–resources model during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sustainability, 14(12):7121
-Falco, A., Girardi, D., et al. (2021). The perceived risk of being infected at work: An application of the job demands–resources model to workplace safety during the COVID-19 outbreak. PLoS ONE 16(9):e0257197.
-Falco, A., Girardi, D., et al.(2020). Does workload moderate the association between perfectionism and workaholism? A longitudinal study. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 19, 164–173.
-Falco, A., Girardi, et al. (2020). Is narcissism associated with heavy work investment? The moderating role of workload in the relationship between narcissism, workaholism, and work engagement. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 4750.
-De Carlo, A., Girardi, et al. (2019). When does work interfere with teachers’ private life? An application of the Job Demands-Resources Model. Frontiers in Psychology, 10:1121.
-Falco, A., Dal Corso, L., Girardi, D., et al. (2018). The moderating role of job resources in the relationship between job demands and interleukin-6 in an Italian healthcare organization. Research in Nursing & Health, 41, 39–48.
-Polacchini, A., Girardi, D., et al. (2018). Distinct CCL2, CCL5, CCL11, CCL27, IL-17, IL-6, BDNF serum profiles correlate to different job-stress outcomes. Neurobiology of Stress, 8, 82–91.
-Girardi, D., Falco, A., et al. (2015). The mediating role of interpersonal conflict at work in the relationship between negative affectivity and biomarkers of stress. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 38, 922–931.
-Falco, A., Girardi, D., et al. (2013). Work stress and negative affectivity: A multi-method study. Occupational Medicine, 63, 341–347.
-Falco, A., Girardi, D., et al. (2013). The mediating role of psychophysic strain in the relationship between workaholism, job performance, and sickness absence: A longitudinal study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 55, 1255–1261.
Thesis proposals
Thesis proposals may cover the following areas:
(1) Work-related stress, with a particular focus on job/personal demands and new risks associated with technology and remote work/smart working – and work addiction/workaholism;
(2) Individual and organizational well-being, with a particular focus on job/personal resources, job satisfaction and work engagement.
