The role of social identification and hedonism in affecting tourist re-patronizing behaviours: The case of an Italian festival

Since the 1990s Europe and other continents have been organising a significantly larger number of festivals with the objective of stimulating tourism and exploiting potential economic opportunities. The prominence of these events has led to intense competition between festivals in attracting visitors and it has become important to analyse factors which might influence attendees’ retention. Drawing on existing literature on retail and service sectors, this study aims to identify the role played by emotions, hedonism, satisfaction, and social identification in mediating the effects of environmental factors on attendees’ re-patronizing intention. This study includes an on-site survey of 449 visitors attending an Italian festival gaining in popularity, and analyses data using a structural equations model. Results suggest that hedonism and social identification are key-facilitators between environmental cues and attendees’ re-patronizing intention

The moderating effect of economic reputation on middle-status conformity: a study on the Italian film industry

The relationship between an actor’s status and his/her decision to conform to extant social norms of behavior or to deviate from them is a common theme in the managerial and sociological research. Drawing on previous studies that have highlighted the presence of a U- shaped relationship between status and nonconformity, whereby low-status and high-status actors are more likely to deviate from accepted norms of behavior, this paper aims at investigating how reputation moderates the relationship between status and nonconformity. By relying on a sample of more than 1,500 films introduced from 1990 to 2011 by 730 Italian film producing companies, we hypothesize and find that an organization’s economic reputation negatively moderates the curvilinear U-shaped relationship between its status and nonconformity in a way that, for high reputation, the high propensity of a high-status organization to non-conform is mitigated

Il calcio tra contesto locale ed opportunità globali. il caso del Barcellona FC, Mès que un club

Introduzione – 1. Il background teorico di riferimento – 1.1 La prospettiva Resource-based view – 1.2 Il localismo come leva competitiva – 2. Il caso del Barcellona F.C. – 2.1 La storia – 2.2 Il Barcellona F.C. oggi – 2.3 Le scelte di governance e di gestione – 2.3.a Il modello partecipativo – 2.3.b Il ruolo della Fondazione e le attività rivolte alla collettività – 2.3.c L’internazionalizzazione – Conclusioni

Probability of Potential Collision for Aircraft Encounters in High Density Airspaces

Failure Management consists of a set of functions that enable the detection, isolation, and correction of anomalous behavior in a monitored system trying to prevent system failures. An effective failure management should monitor the system looking for errors and faults that could end up in a failure and overcome such issues when they arise

Mindfulness-based stress reduction in patients with interstitial lung diseases: a pilot, single-centre observational study on safety and efficacy

open11siBackground Chronic, progressive respiratory symptoms are associated with great psychological and emotional impact in patients suffering from interstitial lung disease (ILD). This single-centre pilot study evaluated for the first time the safety, feasibility and efficacy of a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program (MBSR) in a group of patients with ILD. Methods Prospective observational study set in a university hospital ILD outpatient clinic. Nineteen patients with different ILDs were recruited 2 months prior to the start of the 8-week MBSR program and followed up for 12 months. Primary outcomes were program safety and feasibility, while secondary outcomes were changes in moods and stress (assessed by Profile Of Mood State (POMS) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) questionnaires), symptoms (Shortness Of Breath (SOB) and Cough And Sputum Assessment (CASA-Q) questionnaires), lung function and exercise tolerance at 12 months. Results Two patients (10.5%) dropped out in the observational period before the start of the MBSR intervention because of non-respiratory causes. All 17 patients who entered the 8-week MBSR program managed to complete it with an adherence average of eight sessions of nine. No adverse events related to the mindfulness training were reported. Statistically significant improvements in the POMS total score and in several individual items of POMS and PSS were observed throughout the study. However, respiratory questionnaire scores, lung function and exercise tolerance did not show a significant difference over time. Conclusions An MBSR program appears to be safe and feasible in patients with ILD, and might affect perceived moods and stress producing a positive and lasting improvement in several stress-related negative domains. These findings pave the way to larger (possibly multicentre), randomised, controlled confirmatory trials.openSgalla, Giacomo; Cerri, Stefania; Ferrari, Roberto; Ricchieri, Maria Pia; Poletti, Stefano; Ori, Margherita; Garuti, Martina; Montanari, Gloria; Luppi, Fabrizio; Petropulacos, Kyriakoula; Richeldi, LucaSgalla, Giacomo; Cerri, Stefania; Ferrari, Roberto; Ricchieri, Maria Pia; Poletti, Stefano; Ori, Margherita; Garuti, Martina; Montanari, Gloria; Luppi, Fabrizio; Petropulacos, Kyriakoula; Richeldi, Luc

Diffondere innovazione: verso un modello di scalabilità per i progetti di innovazione sociale

Negli ultimi anni numerose iniziative d’innovazione sociale sono state sviluppate come risposta alle recenti trasformazioni socioeconomiche e con un’attenzione rilevante alle caratteristiche peculiari del territorio di riferimento. I decisori pubblici hanno supportato tali iniziative in quanto potenziali strumenti di policy con cui dare risposta alle istanze sociali. Nel fare ciò hanno declinato gli interventi in modo fortemente context-specific. Tuttavia, se da una parte il focus sulla dimensione contestuale può aumentare l’efficacia dei progetti di innovazione sociale, dall’altro ne può limitare le possibilità di scalabilità. L’articolo intende approfondire il tema di come agire per aumentare la continuità e replicabilità delle iniziative di innovazione sociale. Nel fare ciò, a partire dai risultati di una ricerca condotta sul progetto Siamo Qua – Quartiere Bene Comune del Comune di Reggio Emilia, verrà presentato un modello che propone gli elementi distintivi che un progetto di innovazione sociale dovrebbe avere per poter essere scalabile

How Perceptions of Work-Life Balance and Technology Use Impact upon Creativity in Collaborative Spaces

This paper unpacks creative processes in collaborative spaces (CS). We focus on how the positive resources related to wellbeing and work-life balance derived from working in CS interplay with the use of collaborative technology in affecting individual creativity. We conducted a survey study with individuals working in 27 different CS in Italy. We propose and find a positive relationship between the perceived level of work-life balance satisfaction and individual creativity. Instead we do not find a significant relationship between the frequency of technology mediated interactions with external actors and individual creativity. Furthermore, the relationship between work-life balance and creativity is negatively moderated by technology mediated interactions with external actors. In other words, an intense use of collaborative technology with actors external to the CS can generate perceptions of overload thus making the impact of work-life balance on creativity not significant. We conclude with theoretical and practical implications

L'astrologia convinta di falso col mezzo di nuove esperienze, e ragioni fisico-astronomiche, o' sia La caccia del frugnuolo di Geminiano Montanari

Ristampa anastatica dell'opera di Geminiano Montanari stampata a Venezia da Francesco Nicolini nel 1685. Edizione facsimilare pubblicata in 500 esemplari numerati per i 250 anni dell'Osservatorio astronomico di Padova. - Saggi introduttivi: "Perché si tratta di Riforma Romana e come i Preti ci pongon le mani addito Lettori" / Fabrizio Bònoli ; Geminiano Montanari : un astronomo di fronte all'astrologia / Valeria Zanini ; La Risata del Gran Cacciatore di Lagoscuro : uno sfogo inedito di Geminiano Montanari / Valeria Zanin