Francesca Di Virgilio

Francesca Di Virgilio (Ph.D in Organization, Technology and Development of Human Resources) is Full Professor (Tenured) of Organization Design and Human Resources Management, Department of Economics at University of Molise (Italy). She’s Rector’s delegate for Placement and Technology Transfer Activities. She is Coordinator of PhD courses in “Law and Economics” and “Organization, Technology and Development of Human Resources”. She has successfully supervised and examined a number of Master and PhD theses (national and international) in the area of HRM. She has more than twenty years of teaching experience at undergraduate, graduate level and Master. She is board member of many international research excellence network. She has more than 50 publications in national and international academic journals, chapters to various edited books, and national and international books. She is reviewers of some academic international journals and editorial board member of national and international academic journals. She has presented more than 30 papers, at national and international conferences and including expert sessions as Keynote speaker. Her current research focuses on human resources management, organizational behaviour and knowledge management.

Publications

The Whispers in the Halls: Unveiling the Moderating Effect of Employee Reviews on Organization Selection
The Whispers in the Halls: Unveiling the Moderating Effect of Employee Reviews on Organization Selection
Ruturaj Baber, Prerna Baber, Chanda Gulati, Francesca Di Virgilio. © 2024. 12 pages.
Online employee reviews, a hallmark of the digital age, significantly shape organizational image and influence job seeker choices. This research explores how the sentiment...
Bringing Social Media Into Work: The Positive and Negative Effects on Policy Implementation – An Introduction to Theory and Research
Bringing Social Media Into Work: The Positive and Negative Effects on Policy Implementation – An Introduction to Theory and Research
Francesca Di Virgilio. © 2021. 22 pages.
This study develops an integrative model in order to identify the underlying factors that drive employees to engage in social media at work for businesses. More specifically, the...
Consumer Behavior, Trust, and Electronic Word-of-Mouth Communication: Developing an Online Purchase Intention Model
Consumer Behavior, Trust, and Electronic Word-of-Mouth Communication: Developing an Online Purchase Intention Model
Francesca Di Virgilio, Gilda Antonelli. © 2021. 18 pages.
Social media platforms have become a major forum for consumers to interact with firms and other individuals. Drawing on both the customer-dominant logic and the theory of planned...
Exploring Determinants of Knowledge Sharing and the Role of Social Media in Business Organizations: Overview and New Direction
Exploring Determinants of Knowledge Sharing and the Role of Social Media in Business Organizations: Overview and New Direction
Francesca Di Virgilio. © 2021. 23 pages.
Knowledge sharing is one of the greatest challenges for a business organization. Organizations not only need to focus on innovation of new products and services, but also to pay...
Social Media for Knowledge Management Applications in Modern Organizations
Social Media for Knowledge Management Applications in Modern Organizations
Francesca Di Virgilio. © 2018. 384 pages.
In the digital age, numerous technological tools are available to enhance business processes. When used effectively, knowledge sharing and organizational success are...
Exploring Determinants of Knowledge Sharing and the Role of Social Media in Business Organizations: Overview and New Direction
Exploring Determinants of Knowledge Sharing and the Role of Social Media in Business Organizations: Overview and New Direction
Francesca Di Virgilio. © 2018. 30 pages.
Knowledge sharing is one of the greatest challenges for a business organization. Organizations not only need to focus on innovation of new products and services, but also to pay...
Consumer Behavior, Trust, and Electronic Word-of-Mouth Communication: Developing an Online Purchase Intention Model
Consumer Behavior, Trust, and Electronic Word-of-Mouth Communication: Developing an Online Purchase Intention Model
Francesca Di Virgilio, Gilda Antonelli. © 2018. 23 pages.
Social media platforms have become a major forum for consumers to interact with firms and other individuals. Drawing on both the customer-dominant logic and the theory of planned...
The Impact of Social Network on Italian Users' Behavioural Intention for the Choice of a Medical Tourist Destination
The Impact of Social Network on Italian Users' Behavioural Intention for the Choice of a Medical Tourist Destination
Francesca Di Virgilio, Angelo A. Camillo, Isabell C. Camillo. © 2018. 16 pages.
Tourism represents one of the most important industries in the global economy. Medical tourism is not a new phenomenon: mankind has traveled to foreign lands to access treatment...
Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A Field Study in the Italian Hospitality Industry
Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A Field Study in the Italian Hospitality Industry
Francesca Di Virgilio, Angelo Presenza, Lorn R. Sheehan. © 2016. 22 pages.
This chapter analyzes organizational citizenship behavior of permanent versus contingent employees in the Italian hospitality industry. The empirical data were derived from a...
An Analysis of the Characteristics and Dynamic Development of an Emergent Sustainable Hotel Business Model in Italy: “Albergo Diffuso” (Diffused Hotel)
An Analysis of the Characteristics and Dynamic Development of an Emergent Sustainable Hotel Business Model in Italy: “Albergo Diffuso” (Diffused Hotel)
Angelo Camillo, Angelo Presenza, Francesca Di Virgilio. © 2015. 12 pages.
This chapter introduces the concept of “Albergo Diffuso” (Diffused Hotel), (AD). A hotel typology that is emerging as a sustainable accommodation with the potential to compete...
Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A Field Study in the Italian Hospitality Industry
Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A Field Study in the Italian Hospitality Industry
Francesca Di Virgilio, Angelo Presenza, Lorn R. Sheehan. © 2015. 22 pages.
This chapter analyzes organizational citizenship behavior of permanent versus contingent employees in the Italian hospitality industry. The empirical data were derived from a...
Staff Turnover at the Crossboarder Hotel Company: A Strategic-Longitudinal Investigation, Part A
Staff Turnover at the Crossboarder Hotel Company: A Strategic-Longitudinal Investigation, Part A
Angelo Camillo, Francesca Di Virgilio, Loredana Di Pietro. © 2015. 12 pages.
This chapter endeavors to draw attention to staff turnover in the hospitality industry by analyzing a company, which will be referred to as “Crossboarder Hotel Company”. The...
Management of Group Knowledge and the Role of E-WOM for Business Organizations
Management of Group Knowledge and the Role of E-WOM for Business Organizations
Massimo Franco, Francesca Di Virgilio, Loredana Di Pietro. © 2014. 19 pages.
In recent years there is an increasing usage of on line technologies from a group and managerial point of view. As a consequence, the availability of user-generated contents is...
Work-Groups Conflict at PetroTech-Italy, S.R.L.: The Influence of Culture on Conflict Dynamics
Work-Groups Conflict at PetroTech-Italy, S.R.L.: The Influence of Culture on Conflict Dynamics
Angelo A. Camillo, Loredana Di Pietro, Francesca Di Virgilio, Massimo Franco. © 2014. 17 pages.
Field experts take numerous approaches to modeling how culture influences groups in dealing with interpersonal conflict and its dynamics. Researchers investigate cultural traits...
Work-Groups Conflict at PetroTech-Italy, S.R.L.: The Influence of Culture on Conflict Dynamics
Work-Groups Conflict at PetroTech-Italy, S.R.L.: The Influence of Culture on Conflict Dynamics
Angelo Camillo, Loredana Di Pietro, Francesca Di Virgilio, Massimo Franco. © 2013. 18 pages.
Field experts take numerous approaches to modeling how culture influences groups in dealing with interpersonal conflict and its dynamics. Researchers investigate cultural traits...
Frameworks for a Consumer’s Group Knowledge Representation
Frameworks for a Consumer’s Group Knowledge Representation
Massimo Franco, Francesca Di Virgilio, Loredana Di Pietro, Angelo Camillo. © 2011. 23 pages.
This chapter discusses three main objectives: (1) the contribution to the body of literature of consumer behaviour demonstrating that consumer groups’ knowledge (i.e., two-person...