A Multi‑modelling Approach for Assessing Sustainable Tourism

Academics, institutions and policymakers advocate systematic assessments to design sustainable development and implement proper environmental management; however, practical measurements in tourism research based on composite indicators are still in progress. This paper aims to build and validate a composite indicator of sustainable tourism (Sus-Tour-Index), which recognises the economic, environmental and social dimensions as the three main interrelated facets of tourism sustainability. The SusTour-Index is composed of 75 elementary indicators, adequately structured in pillars and sub-pillars within each economic (34), environmental (21) and social dimension (20). A multi-modelling approach tests the hierarchical structure of the SusTour-Index by combining different weighting and aggregation methods within each sustainability dimension to choose the most appropriate model once the uncertainty analysis has been performed. The structure of the SusTour-Index is validated in all 21 Italian regions by performing 23 different models of the same composite indicator. The paper presents theoretical and methodological contributions for future research and advances in practical assessments, supporting policymakers and institutions in planning and managing sustainable tourism development

Analysis of a New Work-Related Stress Assessment Tool

Background: Work-related stress is a relevant phenomenon in terms of health and safety at work, as occupational distress has a negative impact on individual and organisational well-being. It is a complex and multifactorial phenomenon, whose evaluation must be carried out through a specific and adequate methodology. Objective: This work aims to identify versatile tools that can quickly provide reliable measures of work distress. It analyzes the proposal elaborated by the “Comitato Unico di Garanzia per le Pari Opportunità, la Valorizzazione del Benessere di chi lavora e contro le Discriminazioni” of Rome, i.e. the tool “Valutazione è prevenzione, Sicurezza è partecipazione”. Methods: A study was carried out on a sample of 474 employees of the Neapolitan Judicial Offices, who were given a standardized questionnaire to investigate the stress, associated with the proposal of the Comitato Unico di Garanzia. Results: From the elaboration of the results, it emerges that the conditions of working wellbeing are linked to two main factors related to the perception of workers both of physical-environmental and organisational-relational aspects. In particular, it emerged that the new assessment tool, consisting of a small number of items, contributes to the detection of work stress, so it is necessary to deepen through future research the contribution that this tool can offer to the survey on work-related stress. Conclusion: Having highlighted two factors that significantly saturate the presence of a working discomfort, through an agile tool, allows us to plan a new research path, which can approach the complexity of the phenomenon through the methods of deep learning

Analysis of a new work-related stress assessment tool

Work-related stress is a relevant phenomenon in terms of health and safety at work, as the discomfort related to work negatively affects the individual well-being and functioning of the entire organization. This is a complex and multifactorial phenomenon, whose evaluation must be carried out through a specific methodological path, which requires appropriate tools. This article aims to identify agile and versatile tools that can quickly provide reliable measures of stress levels. In this perspective, the work analyses the proposal elaborated by the CUG of Rome, that is, the new instrument "Valutazione è prevenzione, Sicurezza è partecipazione". In particular, a study was carried out on a sample of 474 employees of the Neapolitan Judicial Offices, who were given three questionnaires to investigate stress, in addition to the new proposal of the CUG, such as: the "Questionario strumento indicatore", the "Questionario sullo stato di salute SF-12" and the scale "Valutazione rapida dello stress". The elaboration of the results shows that the conditions of well-being at work are linked to two main factors, which, in line with the scientific literature on the subject, relate to the perception by workers of both physical-environmental and organizational-relational aspects related to the work activity. In particular, it emerged that the tool designed by the CUG, consisting of a small number of items, contributes to the detection of work-related stress, so it is useful to explore through future research the contribution that this tool can offer to the investigation of factors that contribute to work-related stress. Having highlighted two factors that significantly saturate the presence of work distress, through an agile tool, also allows us to program a new path of research, which can approach the complexity of the phenomenon through the methods of deep learning

Job Satisfaction in the "Big Four" of Europe: Reasoning Between Feeling and Uncertainty Through CUB Models

The paper offers a comparative investigation of objective and subjective driving forces behind the satisfaction that people feel in their job in four representative countries of Western Europe. The main element of this work’s novelty is its linking the research of cross-country similarities and differences in the leading determinants of global job satisfaction to methodological issues that arise when responses to survey questions are detected on a rating scale through self-evaluation. In particular, this paper is one of the first attempts to test the potentialities of CUB models on EWCS data in a broader conceptual framework in which the response on overall job satisfaction depends on some psychological dynamics of the evaluation process. Although overall job satisfaction is significantly higher for British and German employees, the subjective factors—the amount of socio-economic security embodied in a job, the working conditions and the aspects of work–life balance—are the most relevant in shaping job satisfaction, disregarding the myth that considers earnings as the dominant factor