Work and Organizational Psychology and Well-Being Promotion for Sustainable and Healthy Organizations

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, the world of work organizations has undergone sudden and important transformations, partly as a function of the consequences of the pandemic (Brondino et al., 2023). Previously, little-used terms, such as remote working, atypical contracts, technostress, or the use of ICT within work contexts, have become well known and their consequences much debated in the existing literature (Molino, 2020; Ingusci, 2023). For this reason, the conditions that can promote well-being at work (Di Fabio, 2017) and represent risk factors for negative outcomes have changed considerably.

At the same time, in recent years, a new emphasis has been placed on the possibility of studying sustainable working conditions, drawing on the economic, environmental, and social aspects of work. The latter strive for the well-being of society through concrete practices that could improve the quality of human life (Gollan, 2005). The means for achieving this goal include the implementation of specific skills, methods, and strategies used to improve human life and collective well-being. From a work perspective, human sustainability refers to the development of skills and knowledge to improve the quality of human life (Signore et al., 2024).

Based on these assumptions, therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is to include new research the purpose of which is to promote theoretical, applicative, or intervention-based studies of different approaches and modalities (qualitative or quantitative) designed to investigate the antecedents of stress and well-being or psychosocial risk factors within organizations, whether public or private. Interest will also be devoted to the investigation of innovative topics that are connected to ‘recently’ emerging processes related to issues of work sustainability.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome and research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The quality of working life;
• Healthy organizations;
• Psychosocial risk factors;
• Well-being;
• Soft skills;
• Interventions;
• Psychosocial work environments;
• The antecedents of stress and well-being.

References

• Brondino, M., Signore, F., Zambelli, A., Ingusci, E., Pignata, S., Manuti, A., ... & Spagnoli, P. (2022). A New Academic Quality at Work Tool (AQ@ workT) to Assess the Quality of Life at Work in the Italian Academic Context. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6), 3724.
• Buono, C., Farnese, M. L., & Spagnoli, P. (2023). The Workaholism–Technostress Interplay: Initial Evidence on Their Mutual Relationship. Behavioral Sciences, 13(7), 599.
• Di Fabio, A. (2017). Positive healthy organizations: Promoting well-being, meaningfulness, and sustainability in organizations. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1938.
• Gollan, P.J. High Involvement Management and Human Resource Sustainability: The Challenges and Opportunities. Asia Pac. J. Hum. Resour. 2005, 43, 18–33.
• Ingusci, E., Signore, F., Cortese, C. G., Molino, M., Pasca, P., & Ciavolino, E. (2023). Development and validation of the Remote Working Benefits & Disadvantages scale. Quality & Quantity, 57(2), 1159-1183.
• Manuti, A., Giancaspro, M. L., & Callea, A. (2022). Sustainable Careers and Flourishing Organizations. Sustainability, 14(19), 11898.
• Molino, M., Ingusci, E., Signore, F., Manuti, A., Giancaspro, M. L., Russo, V., ... & Cortese, C. G. (2020). Wellbeing costs of technology use during COVID-19 remote working: An investigation using the Italian translation of the technostress creators scale. Sustainability, 12(15), 5911.
• Sacchi, A., Molino, M., Dansero, E., Rossi, A. A., & Ghislieri, C. (2023). How sustainable is the governance for sustainability in higher education? Insights from an Italian case study. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 24(8), 1970-1990.
• Signore, F., Ciavolino, E., Cortese, C. G., De Carlo, E., & Ingusci, E. (2023). The Active Role of Job Crafting in Promoting Well-Being and Employability: An Empirical Investigation. Sustainability, 16(1), 201.
• Spagnoli, P., Haynes, N. J., Kovalchuk, L. S., Clark, M. A., Buono, C., & Balducci, C. (2020). Workload, workaholism, and job performance: Uncovering their complex relationship. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(18), 6536.
• Spagnoli, P., Buono, C., Kovalchuk, L. S., Cordasco, G., & Esposito, A. (2021). Perfectionism and burnout during the COVID-19 crisis: A two-wave cross-lagged study. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 631994.
• Haynes, N. J., Vandenberg, R. J., Wilson, M. G., DeJoy, D. M., Padilla, H. M., & Smith, M. L. (2022). Evaluating the impact of the live healthy, work healthy program on organizational outcomes: A randomized field experiment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107(10), 1758.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Fulvio Signore
Dr. Carmela Buono
Dr. Giuseppina Dell’Aversana
Guest Editors

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• quality of working life
• healthy organizations
• risk factors
• well-being
• soft skills
• interventions
• psychosocial work environments
• antecedents of stress and well-being