About Dr Matteo Curcuruto
Dr Matteo Curcuruto, is a Senior Research Fellow of the Psychology Group at the School of Social Sciences. He is also Co-lead of the PASH Research Unit (Psychology Applied on Health and Safety).
Matteo received his Ph.D. in Organisational Psychology from the Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology of the University of Verona in 2011. He successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation entitled “Proactivity and safety in HRO systems. Application of the proactive role orientation paradigm”. The thesis dissertation was awarded “Best Ph.D. thesis” in 2011 in Organizational Psychology by the Italian Association of Psychology (AIP). During his postdoctoral research years he has published several articles in international journals of relevance for the research fields of Occupational Safety and Organizational Psychology. His safety related research, consultancies and intervention programs for multinational companies have involved so far more than 5,000 workers from different countries like Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation. In 2013, one his research-intervention designed and developed in collaboration with the University of Bologna - was eventually awarded with a global international prize "Extra-mile for safety" for the best safety intervention in the BASF company, the world leader industry in the chemical business sector.
Current Teaching
Matteo delivers teaching related activities in the module "Individual Differences & Work Behaviour". Furthermore, he is engaged as co-supervisor in two doctoral projects associated with the projects developed by PASH research unit in the railway industry.
Research Interests
Currently, his major areas of interest are in the domain of Organizational Behaviour and Human Factors applied in occupational Safety. In particular:
- proactivity in organizations
- organizational citizenship
- organizational culture and climate
- risk perception •human motivation theories
- dynamics of trust in organizations
- human/computer-interaction
- multilevel research approaches
Selected Publications
Journal articles (11)
- Curcuruto MM; Conchie S; Griffin M (2019), Safety citizenship behaviour (SCB) in the workplace: A stable construct? A test of psychometric invariance across four European countries.. Accident Analysis and Prevention
View Repository Record - Wang Q; Curcuruto M; Mei Q; Liu S; Zohu Q; Zhang J (2019), Agent-Based Modeling of Employee Protection-Oriented Safety Proactivity Behaviors at Small Scale Enterprises. BioMed Research International
https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/2471418.
View Repository Record - Curcuruto MM; Parker SK; Griffin MA (2019), Proactivity Toward Workplace Safety Improvement: An Investigation of Its Motivational Drivers and Organizational Outcomes. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2019.1572115
View Repository Record - Curcuruto MM; Griffin MA (2018), Prosocial and proactive "safety citizenship behaviour" (SCB): The mediation role of affective commitment and psychological ownership. Safety Science
View Repository Record - Curcuruto M; Griffin M; Kandola R; Morgan JI (2018), Multilevel Safety Climate in The UK Rail Industry: A Cross Validation of the Zohar and Luria MSC Scale. Safety Science
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2018.02.008 - Mariani MG; Curcuruto MM; Matic M; Sciacovelli P; Toderi S (2017), Can Leader-Member Exchange contribute to safety performance in an Italian warehouse?. Frontiers in Psychology
View Repository Record - Curcuruto MM; Mearns K; Mariani MG (2016), Proactive role-orientation toward workplace safety: Psychological dimensions, nomological network and external validity. Safety Science, vol. 87
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2016.03.007
View Repository Record - Griffin MA; Curcuruto MM (2016), Safety Climate in Organizations. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, vol. 3
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-041015-062414
View Repository Record - Curcuruto M; Conchie SM; Mariani MG; Violante FS (2015), The role of prosocial and proactive safety behaviors in predicting safety performance. Safety Science, vol. 80
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2015.07.032
View Repository Record - Saracino A; Curcuruto M; Antonioni G; Mariani MG; Guglielmi D; Spadoni G (2015), Proactivity-and-consequence-based safety incentive (PCBSI) developed with a fuzzy approach to reduce occupational accidents. Safety Science, vol. 79
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2015.06.011
View Repository Record - Mariani MG; Curcuruto M; Gaetani I (2013), Training opportunities, technology acceptance and job satisfaction: A study of Italian organizations. Journal of Workplace Learning, vol. 25 (7), p. 455-475.
https://doi.org/10.1108/JWL-12-2011-0071
Chapters (2)
- Curcuruto MM; Griffin MA (2016) Safety Proactivity in Organizations: The Initiative to Improve Individual, Team and Organizational Safety. In: Curcuruto MM; Griffin MA Proactivity at Work. : Routledge, pp. .
- Curcuruto MM; Mariani MG (2009) Psychosocial Aspects of Technology Acceptance in Organizations. In: Curcuruto MM; Mariani MG Innovation in the transformation of jobs and organizations. : , pp. .
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Journal articles (22)
- Curcuruto MM; Conchie S; Griffin M (2019), Safety citizenship behaviour (SCB) in the workplace: A stable construct? A test of psychometric invariance across four European countries.. Accident Analysis and Prevention
View Repository Record - Wang Q; Curcuruto M; Mei Q; Liu S; Zohu Q; Zhang J (2019), Agent-Based Modeling of Employee Protection-Oriented Safety Proactivity Behaviors at Small Scale Enterprises. BioMed Research International
https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/2471418.
View Repository Record - Curcuruto MM; Parker SK; Griffin MA (2019), Proactivity Toward Workplace Safety Improvement: An Investigation of Its Motivational Drivers and Organizational Outcomes. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2019.1572115
View Repository Record - Curcuruto MM; Griffin MA (2018), Prosocial and proactive "safety citizenship behaviour" (SCB): The mediation role of affective commitment and psychological ownership. Safety Science
View Repository Record - Curcuruto M; Griffin M; Kandola R; Morgan JI (2018), Multilevel Safety Climate in The UK Rail Industry: A Cross Validation of the Zohar and Luria MSC Scale. Safety Science
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2018.02.008 - Matic M; Mariani MG; Curcuruto MM; Navarro PG; Zurriaga R (2017), The role of psychological ownership in the relationship between Leader-member exchange and job satisfaction. TPM. Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology
View Repository Record - Curcuruto MM; Griffin MA; Hodkiewicz M (2017), Dynamic safety capability and management systems: An assessment tool to evaluate the "fitness-to-operate" in high-risk industrial environments. Chemical Engineering Transactions
https://doi.org/10.3303/CET1757049
View Repository Record - Mariani MG; Curcuruto MM; Matic M; Sciacovelli P; Toderi S (2017), Can Leader-Member Exchange contribute to safety performance in an Italian warehouse?. Frontiers in Psychology
View Repository Record - Curcuruto MM (2016), Safety participation in the workplace: A multidimensional assessment tool (PROSAFE). Chemical Engineering Transactions, vol. 53
https://doi.org/10.3303/CET1653031
View Repository Record - Curcuruto M; Mariani MG; Battistelli A (2016), Proactive orientation toward work safety: A qualitative study on motivational antecedent. Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia, vol. 38 (4), p. 295-301.
View Repository Record - Mariani MG; Curcuruto M; Zavalloni M (2016), Online recruitment: The role of trust in technology. Psicologia sociale
View Repository Record - Curcuruto MM; Mearns K; Mariani MG (2016), Proactive role-orientation toward workplace safety: Psychological dimensions, nomological network and external validity. Safety Science, vol. 87
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2016.03.007
View Repository Record - Griffin MA; Curcuruto MM (2016), Safety Climate in Organizations. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, vol. 3
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-041015-062414
View Repository Record - Curcuruto M; Conchie SM; Mariani MG; Violante FS (2015), The role of prosocial and proactive safety behaviors in predicting safety performance. Safety Science, vol. 80
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2015.07.032
View Repository Record - Saracino A; Curcuruto M; Antonioni G; Mariani MG; Guglielmi D; Spadoni G (2015), Proactivity-and-consequence-based safety incentive (PCBSI) developed with a fuzzy approach to reduce occupational accidents. Safety Science, vol. 79
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2015.06.011
View Repository Record - Manassero A; Sandri J; Curcuruto MM; Mariani MG (2015), Safety compliance and organizational citizenship: links with supervision mechanisms, quality of regulations and training.. Sicurezza e Scienze Sociali [Safety and Social Sciences]
- Mariani MG; Martuscelli C; Curcuruto M (2015), Psychological ownership in organization: A contribution to the Italian validation of pierce and colleagues scale. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, vol. 42 (1-2), p. 329-349.
https://doi.org/10.1421/79852
View Repository Record - Mariani MG; Soldà BL; Curcuruto M (2015), Employee safety motivation: Perspectives and measures on the basis of the self-determination theory. Medicina del Lavoro, vol. 106 (5), p. 333-341.
View Repository Record - Curcuruto M; Guglielmi D; Mariani MG (2014), A diagnostic tool to evaluate the proactivity levels of risk-Reporting activities by the workforce. Chemical Engineering Transactions, vol. 36
https://doi.org/10.3303/CET1436067
View Repository Record - Mariani MG; Curcuruto M; Gaetani I (2013), Training opportunities, technology acceptance and job satisfaction: A study of Italian organizations. Journal of Workplace Learning, vol. 25 (7), p. 455-475.
https://doi.org/10.1108/JWL-12-2011-0071 - Curcuruto MM; Guglielmi D; Mariani MG (2013), Organizational citizenship for safety: psychosocial processes of mediation. Psicologia sociale
https://doi.org/10.1482/74261 - Curcuruto MM; Mariani MG; Lippert SK (2009), Trust in information technology systems: contribution to the Italian validation of a model.. Psicologia Sociale
https://doi.org/10.1482/30126
Chapters (3)
- Kandola R; Curcuruto M; Griffin M; Morgan J (2018) The Influence of Organisational Safety Climate on Group Safety Outcomes: The Mediation Role of Supervisor Safety Communication and Monitoring. In: Kandola R; Curcuruto M; Griffin M; Morgan J Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors. : , pp. .
- Curcuruto MM; Griffin MA (2016) Safety Proactivity in Organizations: The Initiative to Improve Individual, Team and Organizational Safety. In: Curcuruto MM; Griffin MA Proactivity at Work. : Routledge, pp. .
- Curcuruto MM; Mariani MG (2009) Psychosocial Aspects of Technology Acceptance in Organizations. In: Curcuruto MM; Mariani MG Innovation in the transformation of jobs and organizations. : , pp. .
Conference contributions (3)
- Morgan J; Curcuruto M; Kandola R; Griffin M (2018) Safety climate in the UK railway industry: a leading indicator of safety performance? Analysis of the impact on accident experience, safety compliance, consideration of future safety consequences, and trust in organizational safety systems. Barcelona (Spain) . : .
- Kandola RAJ; Curcuruto M; Morgan J (2017) Safety climate validation for UK rail infrastructure workers: Analysis of the nomological network for design engineers and rail maintenance workers London 20171106. : .
View Repository Record - Curcuruto MM; Griffin MA; Parker SK (2015) Comparing the Effects of Coaching Versus Control-Oriented Practices by Supervisors 20150423. : .
Conference proceedings (peer reviewed) (7)
- Kandola R; Curcuruto M; Griffin M; Morgan JI (2018) The influence of organisational safety climate on group safety outcomes: The mediation role of supervisor safety communication and monitoring. In: . : , pp. 35-46.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94589-7_4 - Saracino A; Antonioni G; Spadoni G; Curcuruto MM; Guglielmi D; Mariani MG (2015) A safety incentive system based on workers behaviour and calculated through a Fuzzy Inference System. In: European Safety and Reliability Conference 20150907. : CRC Press, pp. .
- Mariani MG; Odoardi G; Curcuruto MM (2014) Task-Technology Fit Model: The Relationship with Job-Satisfaction, Its Reliability and Organizational Collective Efficacy. In: International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts 20140901. : , pp. .
- Curcuruto MM; Strauss K; Axtell C (2013) Proactivity in occupational safety: a goal regulation perspective. In: Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 20130809. : , pp. .
- Saracino A; Spadoni G; Curcuruto M; Guglielmi D; Bocci VM; Cimarelli M; Dottori E; Violante FS (2012) A new model for evaluating occupational health and safety management systems (ohsms). In: . : , pp. 519-524.
https://doi.org/10.3303/CET1226087 - Saracino A; Curcuruto M; Pacini V; Spadoni G; Guglielmi D; Saccani C; Bocci VM; Cimarelli M (2012) Ipeshe: An index for quantifying the performance for safety and health in a workplace. In: . : , pp. 489-494.
https://doi.org/10.3303/CET1226082 - Curcuruto MM; Mariani MG; Zappalà S (2008) IT in organizations: extending Technology acceptance model with constructs of Task-Technology FIT and Trust. In: Annual Conference of the International Association for Research in Economic Psychology 20080903. : , pp. .
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