Silvia Maria Rita PLATANIA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Silvia Maria Rita Platania

Address: Department of Educational Sciences, via Biblioteca, 4 (Palazzo Ingrassia) 95124

Catania (ITALY)

Telephone: +39 0952508069

Fax: +39 0952508070

E-mail: splatani@unict.it

Current position: Assistant Professor in Work and Organisational Psychology

EDUCATION AND OTHER TITLES

• From 07/23/2018 Achievement of the National Scientific Qualification to second level professor of the competition sector 11 / E3, Social psychology of work and organizations, art. 16, paragraph 1, Law 240/10.
• Settembre 5-10 September 2016: Summer school of methodology in "Mediation and Moderation: Application to general, mixed and generalized linear models" (applications on "R" software), Bertinoro University residential center (FC)
• November 2002: Laurea degree in Educational Sciences / Expert in educational processes –final mark: 110/110 (full marks with honors), University of Catania (Italy).
• November 2005: Qualification as expert in SSD M-Psi/06,  “Psychology of work and organizations”. University of Catania, Italy.
• March 2010: Ph.D. in Foundations And Methods Of Educational Processes XXII cycle. Research project: Psychology Of Work And Organizations, Psychology Of Marketing And Consumption (SSD M- PSI/06). Thesis: “Psychological Analysis Of Consumer Processes. A Comparison Of Luxury Brand And Mass Market Brand”. University of Catania, Italy.

SCIENTIFIC TRAINING

• June 2006: Training in - The assessment of the automatic associations in applied research:  l’Affective Misattribution e il Go/No Go Association Task”. University of Padua, Italy.
• July 2006: Training in - assessment of the automatic associations in applied research:  l’Affective Misattribution e il Go/No Go Association Task”. University of Padua, Italy.
• 5-10 Settembre 2016: Summer school on “Mediation and moderation: application of general linear models, mixed and generalized.” (Bertinoro, FC, Italy).

MAIN RESEARCH INTEREST

The main research areas all move within the sector m-psi / 06 (Psychology of work and organizations).

In particular:

- The report that the company undertakes both with external customers (marketing strategies and determinants of choice of the consumer goods) with both internal customers (organizational well-being and enhancement of the human factor, climate, security and psycho-social risks , career development).

- The consumer behavior: the causal relationship between antecedent factors that determine the choice of consumption (antecedents subjective);  behavioral factors that manifest consumer choice (buying behavior and post-purchase).

The most recent search attentions are turning to the distinction between buying behavior planned inherent self-regulation of behavior and buying behavior not planned, it shall provide impulsive actions until it flows into the pathological dimension of purchase (Compulsive Buying Syndrome).

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• 2019 Program Committee Member of Academy of Marketing Science World Marketing Congress AMSWMC22 (2019 AMS WMC Edinburgh).
• from 08/03/2016 to 02/08/2018 Research fellow SSD ERC SH4 (SH4_5), research program: “The compulsive and impulsive buying behavior in light of the influence of values and personality factors on the choice of consumer goods ”, tutor: prof. Hichy Z, Department of Education, University of Catania.

• 2005: Research assistant in research programs on “evaluation analysis models of consumer behavior: alternative fuel”,  directed by prof. Nicola A. De Carlo.
• 2015-2017: Coordinator of the research project on “Needs analysis for the prevention of psychological distress in chronic conditions of thalassemia major, intermediate and Drepanocitico.”, Italian League against hematological Illnesses and  Federation of Sicilian Associations for childhood-cancer  and Thalassemia and SCD (FASTED)
• 2014-2016: Member FIR of research project: “Study of psychological variables, sanitation and organizational work stress and possible interventions (PHOWS)” directed by prof. Santo Di Nuovo. University of Catania.

LANGUAGES

• Good knowledge of written and spoken English

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Work experience than ten years of processing programs and statistical analysis (SPSS from version 11.0 to version 21.0).
• Work experience of Inquisit software, E-prime, GNAT, Tanagra, Systat 12.0, AMOS 20.0., LISREL, R 3.3..3, Rstudy.
• Construction of matrices with SEM models.
• Construction of nonlinear models.
• Construction of alternative structural models.

TEACHING

• SINCE 2010: Adjunct Lecturer in “Work and Organisational Psychology”, University of Catania.

• July 2015: Lecturer in “Health promotion in the workplace” in the master of “Assessment, training and development of human resources. organizational interventions and analysis, risk prevention” (directed by Prof. L. Del Corso). University of Padua.
• July 2015: Lecturer in “The role of training in health and safety at work” in the master of “Assessment, training and development of human resources. organizational interventions and analysis, risk prevention” (directed by Prof. L. Del Corso). University of Padua.
• 2013-2014: Lecturer in ”The selection of personnel: procedural aspects” in the master of “Expert in Job Placement Services “ (directed by Prof. R. Piazza) -1st and 2nd Edition. University of Catania.