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Luca Tisu

- UNIVERSITATEA DE VEST TIMISOARA

Researcher

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Expertise & keywords

What happens when we play while working? Capitalizing on proactive behaviors at work to increase employee well-being and performance Call name: P 5.1 - Proiecte de Cercetare Exploratorie - Competiția 2023
PN-IV-P1-PCE-2023-1473 2025 - 2028

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA DE VEST TIMISOARA

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA DE VEST TIMISOARA (RO)

Affiliation:

Project website: https://psihologietm.ro/megsis2/

Abstract:

The happy worker-productive worker thesis needs revitalization in the post-pandemic work context. Individual cognitive and behavioral strategies now play a crucial role in promoting employee well-being and performance. This proposal aims to advance knowledge on person-dependent strategies by introducing an updated version of the Model of Enabling Gain Spirals through Individual Strategies (MEGSIS v.2.0). Building upon the Job-Demands Resources theory, MEGSIS v.2.0 explores the relationship between job and personal resources, individual strategies, and positive work-related outcomes. The proposal focuses on two understudied strategies – playful work design (PWD) and self-leadership (SL) – and expands the investigation of strengths use from MEGSIS v.1.0. As such, it aims to (1) validate a new and more nuanced measure of strengths use; (2) elaborate a protocol for an online intervention directed at increasing strengths use; (3) conduct a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies regarding the effect of proactive behaviors at work; (4) investigate the role of personality traits at the between-person level in relation to individual strategies (i.e., PWD and SL) and well-being at the within-person level; and (5) test the effect of an online, gamification-based intervention integrating PWD and SL at the employee and leader level. Achieving these goals will illuminate how cognitive and behavioral strategies can be nurtured to boost employee well-being and performance.

Going from strength to strength (use). Capitalizing on proactive behaviors to increase employee well-being and performance Call name: P 4 - Proiecte de Cercetare Exploratorie, 2020
PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2020-1880 2021 - 2023

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA DE VEST TIMISOARA

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA DE VEST TIMISOARA (RO)

Affiliation:

Project website: http://psihologietm.ro/megsis/

Abstract:

Considering current research results regarding employee well-being and performance, the happy worker-productive worker thesis appears to require rejuvenation. The current proposal addresses this issue by proposing the Model of Enabling Gain Spirals through the Individual Strategies (MEGSIS) framework. Extending existent theories, such as JD-R, the MEGSIS framework explores reciprocal relations between job and personal resources, and individual strategies, as well as novel explanatory mechanisms in the emergence of employee well-being and performance. Employing two relatively new and understudied individual strategies – strengths use and proactive vitality management – the current proposal aims to (1) assess the efficacy of existing strengths use interventions; (2) validate the proposed MEGSIS framework through a series of longitudinal and weekly/daily diary studies at individual and team level; (3) devise and implement a state-of-the-art positive psychology intervention (PPI), based on a gamification approach, combining personal resources and individual strategy enhancement. Achieving these objectives will advance our understanding regarding (1) strengths use interventions effectiveness, (2) mechanisms involved in short-term fluctuations in employee well-being and performance, as well as the importance of a supportive climate at team level for individual strengths use enactment, and (3) the importance of combined PPIs. This will enable the creation of healthy organizations.

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List of research grants as project coordinator or partner team leader
Significant R&D projects for enterprises, as project manager
R&D activities in enterprises
Peer-review activity for international programs/projects