Social capital at work as a predictor of employee health: Multilevel evidence from work units in Finland

Oksanen, Tuula; Kouvonen, Anne; Kivimäki, Mika; Pentti, Jaana; Virtanen, Marianna; Linna, Anne; Vahtera, Jussi

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.10.013

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“…In a Finish study low individual-level social capital (but not aggregate workplace-level social capital) was associated with self-reported depression [39]. Individual-level social capital has been shown to be associated with exposure to "gossip and slandering" in the workplace [30] and impairment of self-rated health [40] to a higher degree than workplace-level social capital. Studies on community-and country-level social capital have shown that the effect of social capital, in certain circumstances, provides benefits for one population, but not for another [59,60].…”

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“…Common features of organizational social capital include mutual trust, organizational justice and fairness as well as the ability to cooperate or collaborate towards a collectively, shared goal [34,35,38]. Prospective studies have shown that low (self-reported) individual-level ratings of organizational social capital is associated with higher levels of self-reported depression [39], while low organizational social capital at both the individual and work unit level is associated with higher risks of poor health [40]. A 1-year follow-up study furthermore found that increased workplace social capital was associated with lower levels of psychological distress [41].…”

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Social capital and workplace bullying

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Abstract. BACKGROUND:Workplace bullying is a serious stressor with devastating short-and long-term consequences. The concept of organizational social capital may provide insights into the interactional and communicative dynamics of the bullying process and opportunities for prevention. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore the association between organizational social capital and being a target or observer of workplace bullying. METHODS: Based on self-reported cross-sectional data from a large representative sample of the Danish working population (n = 10.037), logistic regression analyses were conducted to explore at the individual level the associations between vertical and horizontal organizational social capital with being a target or observer of workplace bullying. RESULTS: In the fully adjusted models, low organizational social capital (vertical and horizontal) was associated with significantly increased odds ratios of both self-labelled (vertical: OR = 3.25; CI = 2.34-4.51; horizontal: OR = 3.17; CI = 2.41-4.18) and observed workplace bullying (vertical: OR = 2.09; CI = 1.70-2.56; horizontal: OR = 1.60; CI = 1.35-1.89), when compared with high organizational social capital. CONCLUSIONS: This study supports that characteristics of the psychosocial work environment are of importance in the development of workplace bullying, and provides focus on the importance of self-reported organizational social capital.

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Social capital and workplace bullying

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“…The focus is on the relationships at the workplace. Low workplace social capital is a predictor of depression and low self-rated health [52,53]. We expected supervisors reporting higher social capital to also support more job accommodations.…”

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Supervisor and Organizational Factors Associated with Supervisor Support of Job Accommodations for Low Back Injured Workers

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PURPOSE-Temporary job accommodations contribute to the prevention of chronic work disability due to low back pain (LBP) through the facilitation of early return to work; yet, workplace dimensions of job accommodation are poorly understood. The objective of this study was to determine supervisor and organizational factors associated with supervisors' support for temporary job accommodations for LBP injured workers. METHODS-Supervisorswere recruited from 19 workplaces in the USA and Canada and completed an online survey regarding job accommodation practices and potential associated factors with respect to a case vignette of a worker with LBP. Multivariable linear regression was used to identify the most parsimonious set of factors associated with supervisors' support for accommodations. RESULTS-

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“…Some studies have documented the significance of health-promoting factors in the workplace (Melchior et al, 2003;Oksanen et al, 2008). The connection between work-related health problems and illness, including sick leave, is also well-documented.…”

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Relational social capital: Norwegian women’sexperiences of the process of being on sickleave and the path back to work

Solheim¹

2015

Nordic Journal of Social Research

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Background: The reduction of the number of people that drop out of the labour force and temporarily receive public benefits has increasingly been a political priority in Norway since the early 1990s. In particular, there has been a focus on reducing sick leave. However, none of the efforts in this direction has had the desired effects. To succeed, more knowledge is needed regarding the factors that create the illnesses influencing the length of the sickness leave.

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Social capital at work as a predictor of employee health: Multilevel evidence from work units in Finland

Cited by 143 publications

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Social capital and workplace bullying

Social capital and workplace bullying

Supervisor and Organizational Factors Associated with Supervisor Support of Job Accommodations for Low Back Injured Workers

Relational social capital: Norwegian women’sexperiences of the process of being on sickleave and the path back to work

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