Corporate wellness and workplace wellbeing; sexual minorities in the workplace; biometric data, turnover and performance of sales staff: these are some of the topics covered in the three dissertations that received the prize awarded every year by Cgil, Cisl and Uil.
The winners of the 2020 edition are two graduates of the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science and one graduate of the Department of Economics and Management. They all graduated with top marks.
Alberto Casciano graduated in Psychology of human resources and organizations with a dissertation on the relation between biometrics, turnover and performance in sales departments (“Studio delle relazioni tra biodata, turnover e performance con orientamento specifico alla selezione dei venditori”, supervisor: Lorenzo Avanzi).
Lorenzo De Preto, who graduated in Psychology, investigated sexual minorities in the workplace with a dissertation focused on lgbt+ workers (“Minoranze sessuali nei contesti di lavoro: il contributo di microaggressioni e del clima organizzativo al benessere individuale e alla soddisfazione lavorativa in un campione italiano di lavoratori/trici lgbt+”, supervisor: Maria Paola Paladino).
Giulia Dal Lago, a graduate in Economics and Management, studied the evolution of corporate wellness (“Analisi dell'evoluzione del corporate wellness: nuove tecnologie ed il caso del progetto L3W”, supervisor: Paolo Bouquet).
The award ceremony took place this morning at the Rectorate at Palazzo Sardagna, in small numbers because of the restrictions in place to reduce the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The ceremony was attended by Paolo Collini and by the three secretaries of trade unions Andrea Grosselli (Cgil del Trentino), Michele Bezzi (Cisl del Trentino) and Walter Alotti (Uil del Trentino).
The award-winning dissertations were selected by a committee of professors: Gabriella Berloffa of the Department of Economics and Management; Matteo Borzaga of the School of International Studies; Barbara Poggio of the Department of Sociology and Social Research; Michela Vignoli of the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science.
The three prizes (to the value of 1,350 euro each) awarded by Cgil, Cisl and Uil del Trentino were open to Master's graduates of the University of Trento who completed their studies between 1 April 2019 and 15 March 2020. The dissertations must deal with the world of work and related topics, including the following: Europe, youth and employment; changes in the world of employment: atypical work and new jobs; the economic and social development of Trentino; collective bargaining, in particular at European level; female employment and actions to ensure equal opportunities; foreign workers in Trentino and in Italy; wellbeing and quality of work life in organizations; human-technology interactions in the workplace; learning and training processes.
"We are here to celebrate your commitment. We had to find a different way to celebrate because of the restrictions caused by the health emergency, but we congratulate you for the quality of your works" commented Rector Paolo Collini in his welcome address. "Every year, this prize awarded by trade unions sheds light on new topics that give us the opportunity to expand our views on work related matters. Work is part of the culture of our country, it as a fundamental value enshrined in the first article of the Constitution. What we do is the essential to who we are and who we become, not only in terms of economic satisfaction, but also for our very identity. Italy is suffering a period characterized by high unemployment rates, especially among young people, even compared to other European countries. And in this historical moment we need to hear a call to individual and collective responsibility. That is why we must continue to talk about work, studying its dynamics from different perspectives. I thank the trade unions for their commitment to young people through this prize".
After a brief presentation of the dissertations, the three secretaries addressed the small audience.
Grosselli, Bezzi and Alotti underlined the value of knowledge and research for the growth of a community, in particular in a moment in which the whole world is facing the impact of the coronavirus. "If there is a lesson to be learned from the health emergency, that is the value of knowledge, the fundamental importance of research and of learning, of which you too are an example with your career, your commitment and your works", they said. Knowledge must be a common good, everyone must have access to it, and the results of scientific research must be available to all citizens if we are to build a better, more democratic and equal society". To conclude, an invitation to the three young graduates to look at the future with courage and determination, knowing that the future of the country and of Trentino also depends on them.