Bio

Silvia Profili is Full Professor of Business Organisation and Human Resource Management at Università Europea di Roma and Rector’s Delegate for Strategic Planning.

She holds a Degree in Economics and Business Administration from La Sapienza Università di Roma and a PhD in Business Management from Università degli Studi di Bologna. She has been post-doc at the Faculty of Economics of LUISS Guido Carli and Visiting Scholar at the Wharton School, University of Philadelphia (USA), Thomas Jefferson University – Medical College (USA), University of Cordoba (Spain) and the University of Twente (Netherlands).

She is co-founder and Chair of the Human Resource Management Track at the European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference. She works as a referee for several international scientific journals in the field of human resource management and organisational behaviour. She is author of numerous scientific publications, many of which published in international peer reviewed journals.

Research interests

Silvia Profili conducts research in the field of human resource management and organisational behaviour. In particular, her recent publications and research projects concern:

• Impact of HRM practices on employee performance
• Organisational implications of age diversity and aging
• Employees’ engagement and commitment at work
• Knowledge management

Recent publications

• Innocenti L., Profili S., Sammarra A. (2023). Engaging chronically ill employees at work: the relationship between bundles of HR practices, perceived illness discrimination and work engagement. Employee Relations (ahead-of-print) DOI: 10.1108/ER-11-2022-0501.
• Sammarra A., Profili S., Innocenti L. (2023). The Effectiveness of HRD Practices among Chronically Ill Employees: The Role of Intrinsic Motivation. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Vol. 2023, n. 1.
• Sammarra A., Profili S., Peccei R. (2022), The multifaceted influence of age on employee work engagement: Examining the interactive effects of chronological age, relational age, and perceived age-related treatment, German Journal of Human Resource Management, https://doi.org/10.1177/23970022221138056
• Profili S., Sammarra A., Innocenti L., Bos-Nehles (2022), The role of line managers in the implementation of work adjustment practices for chronically ill employees: A qualitative study, in Townsend, K., Bos-Nehles, A., and Jiang, K., (eds), Research Handbook on Line Managers. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
• Stirpe L., Profili S., Sammarra A. (2022). Satisfaction with HR practices and employee performance: a moderated mediation model of engagement and health, European Management Journal, 40(2): 295-305.
• Sammarra A., Profili S., Peccei R., Innocenti L. (2021), When is age dissimilarity harmful for organisational identification? The moderating role of age stereotypes and perceived age-related treatment, Human Relations, 74(6):869-891, DOI: 10.1177/0018726719900009
• Profili S., Sammarra A., Dandi R., Mascia D. (2019). Clinicians’ ability, motivation, and opportunity to acquire and transfer knowledge: An age-driven perspective, Health Care Management Review, 44(3):216-223.
• Gabrielli G., Innocenti L., Profili S., Sammarra A. (2019). La sfida delle malattie croniche sul lavoro, Harvard Business Review Italia, Dicembre 2019: 92-96.
• Gabrielli G., Profili S., Sammarra A. (2019). La generazione Zeta sfida la leadership delle imprese. Come prepararsi?, Harvard Business Review Italia, Giugno 2019: 14-15.
• Profili S., Sammarra A., Innocenti L. (2017), Age Diversity in the workplace. An Organizational Perspective, Advanced Series in Management, Emerald Group Publishing, WA, UK.
• Sammarra A., Profili S. (2017), La diversità di età nei contesti di lavoro: sfide organizzative e implicazioni per il people management, Franco Angeli, Milano.
• Profili S., Sammarra A., Innocenti L. (2017). Exploring organisational citizenship behaviour through the lens of age, International Journal of Business Administration, 8(1): 22-33. doi:10.5430/ijba.v8n1p22.
• Sammarra A., Mormino S., Innocenti L., Profili S. (2017), Corporate Universities’ Configuration in the Italian Context: An Exploratory Study, International Journal of Business and Management, 12(12): 97-106.
• Gabrielli G, Profili S. (2016). Organizzazione e Gestione delle Risorse Umane (II edizione), Isedi, Torino.
• Profili S., Sammarra A., Innocenti L. (2016). Can age make a difference? A moderated model of altruistic organizational citizenship behaviour antecedents, International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management, 11(1): 18-31.
• Innocenti L., Sammarra A., Profili S. (2016). From control to commitment work systems The role of HRM in the post-bureaucratic transition. In Malizia P., Cannavale C., and Maimone F. (Eds) Evolution of the post bureaucratic organization, The Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development Book Series, IGI Global.
• Profili S., Sammarra A., Innocenti L., Gabrielli G. (2014), Performance Appraisal at Telespazio: Aligning Strategic Goals to People Development, The International Journal of Case Studies in Management, Vol.12 (1).
• Innocenti L., Profili S., Sammarra A. (2013), Age as moderator in the relationship between HR development practices and employees’ positive attitudes, Personnel Review, 42 (6): 724-744.
• Sammarra A., Profili S., Innocenti L. (2013), Do external careers pay off for both managers and professionals? The effect of mobility on objective career success, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24 (13): 2490-2511.
• Cicchetti A., Donatini A., D’Ambrosio M.G., Lo Scalzo A., Profili S., Rico A., (2010). Italy Health System Review 2009, Health Systems In Transition, vol. 11 , p. 1-216, Brussels: European Observatory on Health Systems & Policies.