Moral Implications of Collective Code-of-Silence Behaviors in Organizational Contexts

Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research; Italy; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Sapienza Università di Roma invites applications for a Recognised Researcher/Leading Researcher position as part of an organizational psychology program. The role involves designing and implementing experimental studies to measure code of silence and omertà, and developing robust paradigms for laboratory, real-world, and virtual settings.

The candidate will address ethical considerations, assist in organizing research activities, and help ensure the reproducibility of results across multiple

Qualifications

• Design and implement experimental studies on explicit and/or implicit measures of code of silence/omertà in organizational settings.
• Develop paradigms for studying code of silence in real, lab, and virtual environments.
• Manage ethical aspects of research and ensure reproducibility of results.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for operational laboratory activities.
• Oversee data collection, analysis and reporting for the research program.

Job description

Organisation/Company Sapienza Università di Roma Research Field Psychological sciences » Psychology Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Leading Researcher (R4) First Stage Researcher (R1) Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline 19 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (UTC) Country Italy Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Not Applicable Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The activities planned for the research program include the design and implementation of a series of experimental studies on the (explicit and/or implicit) measurement of code of silence / omertà behaviors in organizational settings, understood as individual and/or collective actions. Specifically, the research program will consider the development of paradigms for studying cases of code of silence / omertà in organizational contexts, with particular implications for moral aspects. The paradigms may include tasks to be conducted in laboratory, real, and/or virtual environments, as well as the measurement of explicit and/or implicit behaviors. Since the measurement of code of silence / omertà behaviors often involves deceptive procedures, the planned research activities also include managing the ethical aspects of research, as well as managing, organizing, analyzing, and ensuring the reproducibility of results. The candidate will provide support for operational laboratory activities.

• Italy

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• EUROPE

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