Other
Current Positions
Psychologist
on the Italian Rolls.
Member,
ABA International.
Member,
Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.
Member of the Editorial Board of Behavior and Philosophy, Journal published by the Cambridge
Center for Behavioral Studies.
Research
Interests
His
primary research focuses are:
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the integration
of the social sciences (especially economics, behavioristic
psychology and sociology); |
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the extension
of the experimental method to the study of man and society; |
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the definition
of the parameters which allow the translatability among the
languages explaining behavior from different perspectives. |
His scientific activities concern: the
methodology of social sciences and the experimental analysis of
behavior; the scientific study of social interaction using the theory of interests to explicate the conflict and the cooperation,
the structure of power, the structure of social exchange, the concept
of organization and the main social phenomena (social classes, pluralism
and collectivism, the dynamics of organizations, deviant social
behaviors and the punishment, values and ideologies, market and
institutions); the socio-economic problems and conditions of transition
from underdeveloped to developed situations.
He
is also interested in learning processes and teaching methods (particularly
with reference to psychological variables of learning and change
of attitudes),computer aided programmed instruction and distance
learning.
Main
Scientific Publications
A New Paradigm for the
Integration of the Social Sciences, in Nancy K. Innis
(ed), Reflections on Adaptive Behavior: Essays in
Honor of J. E. R. Staddon, M.I.T. Press, 2008. |
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Politiche di sviluppo, innovazione,
parchi scientifici e tecnologici (Development Policies, Innovation, Scientific and Technological
Parks), in La Programmazione in Sardegna, Anno XXXIV,
Numero 02/2001, novembre 2001. |
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Il sequestro come fatto sociale (The Kidnapping as a Social Fact ), in Quaderni Bolotanesi,
N. 22, 1996.
Introduction to the Italian edition of G.C. Homans, The Nature of Social
Sciences, Franco Angeli, Milano, 1989.
Le scatole vuote della sociologia (The Empty Boxes of Sociology), in J. Jacobelli (ed.), Dove va la sociologia italia-
na?, Laterza, Bari, 1988.
Sviluppo della piccola
e media impresa e assetti istituzionali con riferimento alla
politica dei servizi e alle condizioni operative rispetto
alla grande impresa (Development
of Small and Medium Size Firms and Institutional Orders with
reference to the Public Services Policy and the Working Conditions
as regards to Large Firms) (collaboration), within the
CNR project "Struttura ed evoluzione dell'economia
italiana", Milano, 1987. |
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Le ragioni del mancato
sviluppo delle province della Sardegna (The Reasons for the Non-development of Sardinia Districts) in G. Sabattini (ed.), Dal sottosviluppo allo sviluppo in Sardegna,
FrancoAngeli, Milano, 1986.
Oligopolio e crescita
economica. Il passaggio dal sottosviluppo allo sviluppo in
Sardegna (Oligopoly and
Economic Growth. The Transition from the Underdevelopment
to the Development in Sardinia) (co-authored
with G. Sabattini, T. Usai), FrancoAngeli, Milano, 1985. |
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Artigianato e sviluppo
economico (Handicrafts Activities
and Economic Development) (co-authored with G. Sabattini),
in Artigianato e sviluppo economico. Atti della 2^ conferenza
regionale dell'artigianato, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 1984.
Una nuova teoria sulla
crescita economica (A New Theory on Economic
Growth) (co-authored with G. Sabattini, T. Usai), in
P. Savona (ed.), Per un'altra Sardegna, FrancoAngeli,
Milano, 1984. |
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Zona di produzione franca:
Una proposta per la Sardegna (Duty-free
production area: a proposal for Sardinia) (co-authored with
G. Sabattini), FrancoAngeli, Milano, 1984. (In 1984 he won the Iglesias
Prize with this book.)
Contro
gli incendi (Against arsons), Edizioni Sardegna
da scoprire, Cagliari, 1983.(The book, published by the Sardinia
Government during a social campaign of sensitization against
the misbehavour of setting fire to wooden area and tipical
Mediterranean vegetation, contains a text in programmed instruction
on the ecological equilibrium.) |
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In questa repubblica non c'è
pluralismo (No pluralism in this republic),
in La Repubblica, 10-11 giugno 1979.
Definiamo il pluralismo (A definition of pluralism), in Il Sole 24 ore, 22 marzo 1978
Egemonia o pluralismo? (Hegemony or pluralism?), in Il Sole 24 ore, 4 marzo 1978
Pluralismo e innovazione (Pluralism and innovation), in Il Sole 24 ore, 15 febbraio
1978
Intervento al convegno:
"Incontro di studio sul tema impresa e mercato. I vincoli
all'operare in Italia" (Read at the conference: "Meeting
on enterprise and market. Bonds to operate in Italy)Portofino
Vetta, 28-29 ottobre 1977, in Rivista di Politica Economica; Anno
LXVIII_III serie, marzo, fascicolo III; 1978
Preface to the Italian edition of B.F. Skinner, About Behaviorism,
SugarCo Edizioni, Milano, 1974.
Processo
di apprendimento e strutture ideologiche (Learning
Processes and Ideological Structures), in Studi di Economia,
vol. V, 1974, n. 1. |
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Concorrenza,
collettivismo, pianificazione (Competition, Collectivism,
Planning), in Studi di Economia, vol. V, 1974, n. 3. |
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L'analisi scientifica
del comportamento di scelta (The Scientific Analysis of Choice Behavior), in
Studi di Economia, vol. III, 1972, n. 2/3 e vol. IV, 1973,
nn. 1 e 2. |
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Il problema del metodo
nella sociologia (The Problem of Research Method
in Sociology), in Studi di Economia, vol. V, 1972. |
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La struttura
del potere (The Structure of Power), Edizioni
Ricerche, Roma, 1964. |
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| Metodologia
delle scienze sociali (Methodology of the Social
Sciences), Edizioni Ricerche, Roma, 1963. |
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Teoria delle classi sociali (Social Classes Theory), Edizioni Ricerche,
Roma, 1963. |
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Academic
Career
1957: |
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Assistant
Professor in the University of Cagliari. |
1963-67: |
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Temporary
Professor of History of Economic Thought, Faculty of Economics,
University of Cagliari. |
1966: |
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Qualified
Lecturer (Libero Docente) in Sociology. |
1967-82: |
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Professor
of Sociology, Faculty of Economics, University of Cagliari. |
1982-98: |
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Professor
of Sociology and Social Psychology, Faculty of Economics,
University of Cagliari. |
1980-81: |
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Chair,
Institute of Economics and Statistics (Faculty of Economics,
University of Cagliari). |
1986-95: |
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Chair,
Institute of Economic Sociology (Faculty of Economics, University
of Cagliari). |
1986-present: |
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Associate
Founder of AILUN, charged as Responsible for Managerial Post
Graduate Programs and Research Activities in the field of
Social Sciences. |
1991-present: |
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Chair
of the International Post Graduate Program in Science of Organization. |
2002-present: |
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Chair
of the International Post Graduate Program in Tourism Management. |
Past
Institutional Appointments
1975-76: |
Member of the Board of Directors
of RAI (Italian Public Television); in 1976 he designed the
organizational reform of the public broadcasting service. |
1977-81: |
Member of the Scientific Committee
of Confindustria (Italian Manufacturers Association) and locum facens Director of the Public Relations Department,
Rome. |
1977-80: |
Member of the Board of Directors
of ISTUD, Istituto Studi Direzionali (Institute for
Managerial Studies), Stresa. |
1977-81: |
Member of the Board of Directors
of CENSIS, Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali (Centre
for the Social Studies and Investments), Rome. |
1977-81: |
Member of the Board of Directors
of ISFOL, Istituto per lo Sviluppo della Formazione Professionale
dei Lavoratori (Institute for the Development of Vocational
Training for Workers), Public Corporation, Rome. |
1978: |
Member of the National Cabinet
Committee for the definition of the outlines of the junior
compulsory education. |
1982-83: |
Member of the Scientific Committee
for the setting up of a duty-free area in Sardinia. |
1990-91: |
Member of the Interdisciplinary
Work Group for the functional and organizational rearrangement
and design of the Regional Agencies System within the Reform
of Sardinia Government. |
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