CURRICULUM VITAE: FRANCO FRACCAROLI (2004/2009)
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Full Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of
Cognitive Science, University of Trento.
Director of the Department of Cognition and Education Science,
University of Trento, Rovereto campus.
President of the European Association of Work and Organizational
Psychology (2007-2009).
1. Qualifications and posts held.
* degree in Sociology awarded by the Faculty of Sociology, Università of Trento, 198283 academic year.
* research doctorate in "Sociology and Social Research", Faculty of Sociology,
University of Trento (1991).
* one-year post-doctoral bursary awarded by the "Direction de la Recherche et des
Etudes Doctorales" of the French Ministry of Education (Toulouse, October 1991September 1992).
* two-year post-doctoral bursary awarded by the University of Bologna (1993-1995)
* Researcher in psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bologna (1995-1998)
* Associate Professor of Work Psychology, Faculty of Education Science, University of
Genoa (1998-2002).
2. Research.
He has collaborated on numerous research projects in work, organizational and
educational psychology with:
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Department of Social Policy, University of Trento;
Fondazione Corazzin, Venice;
IARD reserach institute, Milan;
Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Ufficio Fondo Sociale Europeo;
Studio Meta e Associati, Bologna;
ISFOL, Rome;
Ministry of Education, Rome;
Department of Education Science, University of Bologna;
Regione Emilia Romagna, Assessorato al Lavoro, Formazione, Università e
Immigrazione;
Provincia di Grosseto, Assessorato Lavoro e Formazione Professionale;
Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione; Bologna;
Fondazione Alma Mater, Bologna;
Lab. Personnalisation et Changements Sociaux, Université de Toulouse Le
Mirail
Lab. CAPRIT; Université de Sherbrooke, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Consiglio regionale, Regione Marche
Department of Psychology; Portland State University; Portland, Oregon; USA
His main areas of research are the following:
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Evaluation of training programmes and the work accompaniment of adults;
Educational psychology;
Psycho-social transitions to work and within work;
Psychological experience of joblessness;
Work entry in organizations;
Young people and the labour market;
Methodological aspects in the study of individual and organizational change;
Psychology of working times;
Elderly workers and the work exit phase;
Quality of organizational life;
Work integration of people with severe psychiatric disorders;
Psycho-social risk and quality of organizational life
Coordination of research projects
National project research units (Progetti PRIN; Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca
Scientifica)
 2004: The elderly worker approaching retirement. psycho-social analysis of the
process of work exit
 2006: The perception of organizational fairness towards elderly workers
Other publicly-funded projects:
 Province of Grosseto: FSE project for definition of an integrated model for the
promotion of young entrepreneurship (143,000 euros; 2004)
 Municipality of Rovereto: research project on “Perception of elderly workers and
organizational fairness” (54,000 euros; 2005-2008)
 Municipality of Rovereto: research project on “Work integration in social
cooperatives” (36,000 euros; 2008-2009)
 Regional administration of Marche: research project on “Psycho-social risks among
regional administrative staff” (15,000 euros; 2008)
 Federation of Cooperatives in Trentino, Italy; research project on “Work integration
of people with psychiatric illness” (25,000 euros; 2008-09)
Editorial Board and referee
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European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
Journal of Business and Psychology
Journal of Workplace learning
European Review of Applied Psychology
CRSH Canada
University of Louven La Neuve (Belgium)
University of Bologna (Italy)
3. Teaching (2004-09)
University of Trento, Faculty of Cognitive Science; Master in Psychology
2004-05: Work and Organizational Psychology (8 credits)
2005-06: Work and Organizational Psychology (8 credits)
2006-07: Work and Organizational Psychology (8 credits)
2007-08: Work and Organizational Psychology (8 credits)
2008-09: Organizational Psychology (8 credits)
2005-06: Advanced Social Psychology (4 credits)
2006-07: Advanced Social Psychology (4 credits)
2007-08: Advanced Social Psychology (4 credits)
Besides his university teaching duties, he has taught courses for the following institutes:
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Municipality of Bologna, Ufficio Progetto giovani
Accademia del Commercio e Turismo di Trento
Agenzia del Lavoro della Provincia Autonoma di Trento
ARIS Azione e ricerca sociale, Trento
Scuola Superiore di Pubblica Amministrazione, Bologna
Scuola Superiore di Pubblica Amministrazione, Reggio Calabria
C.U.D., Consorzio per l’Università a Distanza, Rende, Cosenza
I R R S A E, regional administrations of Emilia Romagna and Toscana
ENAIP Friuli Venezia Giulia
Scuola Superiore Sanità; Provincia Autonoma di Trento
* Visiting Professor at the University of Toulouse Le Mirail (Francia) (2006, 2007,
2009).
* Visiting Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (2005).
* Visiting Professor at Portland State University, Oregon, USA
4. Consultancy work
- 2005 – 2006: collaboration with the European AWARE project on vocational training
for workers aged over 45, administered by the Autonomous Province of Trento, FSE
Office.
- 2007 – present: member of the Autonomous Province of Trento’s Task Force to create
a system to evaluate the 2007-2013 planning document.
- 2008 – 2009: member of Alma Mater Foundation group of experts tasked with
constructing a model to analyse and evaluate advanced training formation and
university master courses.
- 2008 – present: member of the assessment board for the Province of Trento’s
education and training system.
5. Main publications
Balducci C., Alfano V., Fraccaroli F., Relationship between mobbing at work and
MMPI-2 personality profile, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and suicidal ideation and
behavior. Violence and Victims, 2009, v. 24, n. 1, p. 52-67.
Faurie I., Fraccaroli F., Le Blanc A., Age et travail: des études sur le vieillissement au
travail à une approche psychosociale de la fin de la carrière professionnelle. Le Travail
Humain, 2008, v. 71, n. 2, p. 137-172.
Atzori M., Lombardi L., Fraccaroli F., Battistelli A., Zaniboni S., "Organizational
socialization of women in the Italian army: learning processes and proactive tactics".
Journal of workplace learning, 2008, v. 20, n. 5, p. 327-347.
Fraccaroli F., Depolo M., "Careers and aging work". Cap. 5:Chmiel N. (a cura di), An
Introduction to work and organizational psychology, Oxford ; Malden, Mass. ; Carlton:
Blackwell publishing, 2008. p. 97-118
Zappalà S., Depolo M., Fraccaroli F., Guglielmi D., Sarchielli G., Postponing job
retirement?: Psychosocial influences on the preference for early or late retirement".
Career Development International, 2008, v. 13, n. 2, p. 150-167.
Fraccaroli F., "L'expérience psychologique de l'incertitude au travail". Le travail
humain, 2007, v. 70, n. 3, p. 235-250.
Battisti M., Fraccaroli F., Fasol R., Depolo M., "Psychological contract and quality of
organizational life. An empirical study on workers at a rest home". Relations
idustrielles/Industrial Relations, 2007, v. 62, n. 4, p. 664-689
Fraccaroli F., Apprendimento e formazione nelle organizzazioni. Bologna, Il Mulino,
2007.
Fraccaroli F., Progettare la carriera. Milano, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2005.