Dr Matteo Curcuruto

Senior Research Fellow
Leeds School Of Social Sciences
0113 81 23038 M.MA.Curcuruto@leedsbeckett.ac.ukAbout 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 (16)
- Renecle M; Curcuruto M; Tomas I; Gracia F (In press) Enhancing Safety in High-Risk Operations: A Multilevel Analysis of The Role of Mindful Organising In Translating Safety Climate Into Individual Safety Behaviours
View Repository Record - Morgan J; Curcuruto M; Steer M; Bazzoli A (2021) Implementing the Theoretical Domains Framework in Occupational Safety: Development of the Safety Behaviour Change Questionnaire
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.105135
View Repository Record - Bazzoli A; Curcuruto M (2020) Safety Leadership and Safety Voices: Exploring the Mediation Role of Proactive Motivations
https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2020.1863846
View Repository Record - Curcuruto M; Strauss K; Axtell C; Griffin M (2020) Voicing for Safety in the Workplace: A Proactive Goal Regulation Perspective
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104902
View Repository Record - Bazzoli A; Curcuruto M; Morgan J; Brondino M; Pasini M (2020) Speaking up about workplace safety: An experimental study on safety
leadership
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187458
View Repository Record - Curcuruto MM; Conchie S; Griffin M (2019) Safety citizenship behavior (SCB) in the workplace: A stable construct? Analysis of psychometric invariance across four European countries
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2019.05.023
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
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
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
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
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2018.02.008
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?
View Repository Record - Curcuruto MM; Mearns K; Mariani MG (2016) Proactive role-orientation toward workplace safety: Psychological dimensions, nomological network and external validity
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2016.03.007
View Repository Record - Griffin MA; Curcuruto MM (2016) Safety Climate in Organizations
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
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
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2015.06.011
View Repository Record - Giovanni Mariani M; Curcuruto M; Gaetani I (2013) Training opportunities, technology acceptance and job satisfaction
https://doi.org/10.1108/jwl-12-2011-0071
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: 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: Parker SK; Bindl U Proactivity at Work. : Routledge, pp. .
- Curcuruto MM; Mariani MG (2009) Psychosocial Aspects of Technology Acceptance in Organizations. In: Battistelli A Innovation in the transformation of jobs and organizations. : , pp. .