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The rapid integration of digital technologies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed various aspects of professional life. In particular, the literature found teachers to be among the professional categories most affected by technostress. Because assessing technostress is still a priority for scholars and mental health professionals, this study aimed to adapt the technostrain subscale of the Cuestionario de Tecnoestrés [Technostress Questionnaire] (extracted from the RED/TIC questionnaire) among Italian teachers. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the 4-factor structure observed in the original version. Results revealed that high levels of technostrain are associated with increased burnout and negative emotions. On the other hand, positive emotions were negatively correlated with technostrain and burnout, indicating their potential protective role against the latter. These findings suggest that human resource management providing technological support may serve as crucial protective factors against burnout, emphasizing the need for sustained efforts in promoting teacher well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Burnout among nurses is a pervasive concern in healthcare, with profound implications for patient care and nurse well-being. While research has highlighted the detrimental effects of burnout on many aspects of nursing, including patient safety and quality of care, the underlying mechanisms driving burnout warrant further investigation. In this cross-sectional study, we surveyed 196 nurses from diverse Italian hospitals using an online questionnaire via Qualtrics. Our findings revealed significant negative correlations between psychological safety climate and both relational stressors and emotional exhaustion. Conversely, relational stressors positively correlated with emotional exhaustion, and a significant negative indirect effect of psychological safety climate was found for emotional exhaustion through relational stressors, emphasizing the pivotal role of psychological safety climate in mitigating nurse burnout. Our study underscores the potential effectiveness of interventions targeting psychological safety climate and relational stressors in alleviating emotional exhaustion and burnout among nurses. Theoretical implications underscore the importance of deepening the role of psychological safety climate in mitigating emotional exhaustion, while practical implications emphasize the need for fostering a positive psychological safety climate and implementing targeted interventions to support nurses' well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the sudden switch from face-to-face learning to distance learning generated many critical issues in music institutes. Specifically, conservatories found themselves using a didactic methodology that had never been considered before to ensure the continuation of students' education. In particular, the adoption of distance learning has had a greater impact on those classes characterized by a significant practical–experiential component. This study aims to investigate the phenomenon of distance learning in Italian conservatories to explore how this experience affects students' performance through their satisfaction with distance learning. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 328 students of 41 Italian conservatories, using an online self-report questionnaire to investigate conservatory students' experience of distance learning and its impact on performance. To test the hypotheses, a mediation model was tested using SPSS version 26. The results show that the positive experience of distance learning has a positive impact on perceived performance and that satisfaction with distance learning, as a mediator role, further reinforces this relationship. This study is the first known one to explore the relationship between the experience of distance learning and student performance in the context of conservatories and music teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Moving from a critical reflection on mix-method studies, the paper presents the Italian validation of the Nag Factor Questionnaire developed by Ogba and Johnson (2010); this is the first Italian empirical study on nag factor. Pester power or nag factor is the children ability, by nagging, to push their parents to purchase the products they desire. Nag factor has been studied for its severe consequences on children obesity, since a lot of times kids nag for junk food and within a socio-educative perspective for its influence on materialism. This pilot study is triangulated: it implies a survey, realized with the Pester Power Scale, along with diaries written for a week by 10 mothers. Results show that pester power is definitely power: it fully mediates the relationship between marketing forces directed to kids and consumer behaviour expressed by parents. Moreover, mothers seem not always aware of the nagging ability of their kids and several times they chose bad solutions to cope with infant tantrum, like submissiveness. We propose some practical implications in terms of marketing for kids with a focus on packaging policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Organisations appear to pay little attention to rejection letters, considered a special form of organisational communication, despite a growing body of literature that shows they play an important role in terms of employer branding. This study aims to empirically test how applicants' perceptions are affected by differently manipulated rejection letters. In detail, a sample of 138 rejected candidates filled in an ad hoc questionnaire on perceived selection procedure fairness and satisfaction, after receiving a rejection letter where we had manipulated time latency, the politeness formula and customisation. Results suggest that providing a timely, customised and informal notification is something agreeable, which is able to affect, above all, fairness perceptions and intention to re-apply. In detail, the time latency in giving feedback appears to affect the relationship between fairness perception and organisational recommendation and acts more as a mediator rather than an antecedent variable. Considering that providing feedback is a relatively low-cost activity that at the same time has a big impact on job applicants, our results show that organisations should be sensitive to negative feedback communication, especially in relation to response time, in order to support their employer branding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Job performance has several predictors that are both individual and organizational. According to the existing literature, the learning climate meant as organizational dimension can boost a virtuous circle involving identity factors, proactivity and care for customers as well., Methods: It has been applied a quantitative methodology, 57 workers from the health department have filled in an ad hoc questionnaire. Learning climate, general health and job performance have been evaluated., Results: The tested mediation model is statistically significant, showing that the learning climate has both a direct effect on job performance and an indirect effect mediated by the general health., Conclusions: The small sample is the most relevant limit of the study, on the positive side the study takes into account all the dimensions of the learning climate and of the general health, while in the past the focus was just on single aspects of those variables.