Alberto Bellocchi
Biographic Data
| ID | 312179 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alberto Bellocchi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alberto |
| FAMILY NAME | Bellocchi |
| SIGNATURE | BELLOCCHI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queensland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4353-1517 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Affecting the future
Eco-anxiety and associated emotions are on the rise. International estimates range from 25-68% prevalence. Australians now regard climate change as their top concern for the future, with some young people reconsidering their intentions to become parents. The emotional sequela from climate change is becoming clearer. How it is conceptualised, responded to, and reinforced within public discourse requires further consideration. This paper presents a…
Science students' social bonds and knowledge construction
Emerging research is beginning to explore the role of social bonds in science learning. In this study, I develop a novel conceptual framework extending recent science education research that has adopted Scheff's social bond theory in understanding science learning. I use microsociological methods to understand social bonds and knowledge construction as contemporaneous phenomena through analysis of interactional dynamics. Drawing on ethnomethodolo…
A post-paradigmatic approach to analysing emotions in social life
Scholars studying emotions in social life typically work mono-logically, within a paradigmatic camp, drawing on distinct theories of emotion. In isolation, each offers a singular conceptualisation of emotions in social life. Working multi-logically, in contrast, offers richer, comparative insight into the layered meanings of emotion relevant to a social context. Rather than treating them as incommensurate, we not only argue for the benefits of dr…
The emotional trade-off between meaningful and precarious work in new economies
The contradictory work environments of new economies in late modernity are associated with a range of emotional experiences, requiring diverse emotion management strategies. Late modernity offers the capacity to pursue happy, safe, rewarding, and meaningful work for the privileged few; a potential trade-off between stressful meaningful and boring precarious work for a greater number; and the prospect of non-meaningful, precarious work for many in…
Emotions in Late Modernity
Conceptualising valences in emotion theories
Emotions and affect are typically conceptualised along a valence dichotomy, for example, with anger labelled as negative and happiness as positive. What does it mean for emotions to be considered positive or negative? More generally, ‘What is emotional valence?’ To address these questions, we review limitations of existing critiques of the valence construct, trace its origins in Western philosophy, before proposing alternative ways of conceptuali…
Happy, Stressed, and Angry
The teaching profession offers meaningful, stimulating work that accords with teachers’ sense of professional pride and identity, but is also synonymous with high levels of stress, conflict (and associated emotions such as anger and shame) and ultimately, attrition. The degree to which teachers within a national population ‘up-manage’ the former or ‘down-manage’ the latter emotions is unknown. This study utilises new data from the Australian Surv…
Emotion management and solidarity in the workplace
Research focusing on the management of emotion features prominently in studies of employee attrition, gender inequality and workplace satisfaction, but rarely in research on worker solidarity. Against a backdrop of increasing individualisation within late modern society, research about workplace management of emotion has become bifurcated along sociological or organisational psychology lines. Within the sociology literature, management of emotion…
A post-paradigmatic approach to analysing emotions in social life
Scholars studying emotions in social life typically work mono-logically, within a paradigmatic camp, drawing on distinct theories of emotion. In isolation, each offers a singular conceptualisation of emotions in social life. Working multi-logically, in contrast, offers richer, comparative insight into the layered meanings of emotion relevant to a social context. Rather than treating them as incommensurate, we not only argue for the benefits of dr…
Emotion management and solidarity in the workplace
Research focusing on the management of emotion features prominently in studies of employee attrition, gender inequality and workplace satisfaction, but rarely in research on worker solidarity. Against a backdrop of increasing individualisation within late modern society, research about workplace management of emotion has become bifurcated along sociological or organisational psychology lines. Within the sociology literature, management of emotion…
The emotional trade-off between meaningful and precarious work in new economies
The contradictory work environments of new economies in late modernity are associated with a range of emotional experiences, requiring diverse emotion management strategies. Late modernity offers the capacity to pursue happy, safe, rewarding, and meaningful work for the privileged few; a potential trade-off between stressful meaningful and boring precarious work for a greater number; and the prospect of non-meaningful, precarious work for many in…
Happy, Stressed, and Angry
The teaching profession offers meaningful, stimulating work that accords with teachers’ sense of professional pride and identity, but is also synonymous with high levels of stress, conflict (and associated emotions such as anger and shame) and ultimately, attrition. The degree to which teachers within a national population ‘up-manage’ the former or ‘down-manage’ the latter emotions is unknown. This study utilises new data from the Australian Surv…
Emotions in Late Modernity
Conceptualising valences in emotion theories
Emotions and affect are typically conceptualised along a valence dichotomy, for example, with anger labelled as negative and happiness as positive. What does it mean for emotions to be considered positive or negative? More generally, ‘What is emotional valence?’ To address these questions, we review limitations of existing critiques of the valence construct, trace its origins in Western philosophy, before proposing alternative ways of conceptuali…
Happy, Stressed, and Angry
The teaching profession offers meaningful, stimulating work that accords with teachers’ sense of professional pride and identity, but is also synonymous with high levels of stress, conflict (and associated emotions such as anger and shame) and ultimately, attrition. The degree to which teachers within a national population ‘up-manage’ the former or ‘down-manage’ the latter emotions is unknown. This study utilises new data from the Australian Surv…
Emotion management and solidarity in the workplace
Research focusing on the management of emotion features prominently in studies of employee attrition, gender inequality and workplace satisfaction, but rarely in research on worker solidarity. Against a backdrop of increasing individualisation within late modern society, research about workplace management of emotion has become bifurcated along sociological or organisational psychology lines. Within the sociology literature, management of emotion…
A post-paradigmatic approach to analysing emotions in social life
Scholars studying emotions in social life typically work mono-logically, within a paradigmatic camp, drawing on distinct theories of emotion. In isolation, each offers a singular conceptualisation of emotions in social life. Working multi-logically, in contrast, offers richer, comparative insight into the layered meanings of emotion relevant to a social context. Rather than treating them as incommensurate, we not only argue for the benefits of dr…
The emotional trade-off between meaningful and precarious work in new economies
The contradictory work environments of new economies in late modernity are associated with a range of emotional experiences, requiring diverse emotion management strategies. Late modernity offers the capacity to pursue happy, safe, rewarding, and meaningful work for the privileged few; a potential trade-off between stressful meaningful and boring precarious work for a greater number; and the prospect of non-meaningful, precarious work for many in…
Science students' social bonds and knowledge construction
Emerging research is beginning to explore the role of social bonds in science learning. In this study, I develop a novel conceptual framework extending recent science education research that has adopted Scheff's social bond theory in understanding science learning. I use microsociological methods to understand social bonds and knowledge construction as contemporaneous phenomena through analysis of interactional dynamics. Drawing on ethnomethodolo…
Affecting the future
Eco-anxiety and associated emotions are on the rise. International estimates range from 25-68% prevalence. Australians now regard climate change as their top concern for the future, with some young people reconsidering their intentions to become parents. The emotional sequela from climate change is becoming clearer. How it is conceptualised, responded to, and reinforced within public discourse requires further consideration. This paper presents a…
Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Emotional Labor in Professions (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Emotion work (2 works)