''Human Resources'': Economics and Organization
The paper considers the current challenges that organizations have to cope with in managing people and knowledge at the present time, moved by turbulent contexts and crisis at a social and at an organizational level. It begins with a question around the possibility of a dialogue between the two disciplines that could jointly contribute to the development of organizational responses, economics and psychology, and it discusses their relationship on the basis of field experiences. In discussing what is nowadays sustainable in the relations between society and organizations, the paper argues the role of intersubjectivity in organizational processes as the resource that allows to cope with unpredictable events and changes both for individuals and groups challenged to live and contribute to their work contexts. Four approaches in organizing the management of technical, economical and social/human resources are presented and analysed in their capacity to offer an interdisciplinary dialogue
Le forme di scambio tra le generazioni nei contesti organizzativi: la transizione dei neolaureati al mondo del lavoro
Scopo del lavoro è discutere quali processi generativi si possano attivare nella relazione tra senior e junior nei contesti di lavoro, durante il momento critico della socializzazione organizzativa dei più giovani. Il framework teorico utilizzato rimanda al costrutto di generatività, così come definito da Bradley e Marcia (1998) e da Cigoli e Scabini (2006). Viene presentato uno studio qualitativo condotto mediante interviste narrative a 24 professionisti senior e 24 junior. Le narrazioni raccolte mostrano differenti tipologie di relazione tra senior e junior, riconducibili a diverse forme di generatività. Tali risultati consentono di discutere il rapporto tra generatività e socializzazione organizzativa, e di riflettere su quale contributo possano dare i lavoratori senior alla socializzazione organizzativa dei più giovani.
Evaluation of buckling load and dynamic performance of steel shear wall retrofitted with strips made of shape memory alloy
One of the most imperfections of the steel shear wall is out of plane displacements that cause severe damage in both structural and non-structural elements. In this paper, the effects of shape-memory alloys on steel shear walls are investigated. First, a numerical analysis using the finite element method in ABAQUS software has been carried out according to an experimental test. The results of the numerical analysis have been verified with experimental results. Next, shape-memory alloy fibers have been added vertically and horizontally to various parts of the steel shear wall. The results show that retrofitting with the shape-memory alloy reduces the out-of-plane displacement of the steel shear wall under both cyclic and seismic loadings. Besides, the buckling load in the steel shear wall increases when it is retrofitted with the shape-memory alloy. Also, the total out-of-plane movement (accumulated absolute displacements) of the steel shear wall and non-structural damage are controlled by the characteristic of a shape-memory alloy material called “super-elastic”.