0448 Effects of organisational change on workplace social capital: a longitudinal study of hospital work units

Previous studies have shown both positive and non-positive associations between social capital and health. However, longitudinal evidence examining its comprehensive effects on well-being is still limited. This study examined whether structural social capital in the local community was related to the later well-being of Japanese people aged 40 or above. A 3.6-year longitudinal study was conducted in a rural Japanese town. “Well-being” was measured using three indicators (happiness, self-rated health, and depressive symptoms), and those who were high in well-being in the baseline 2015 survey and responded to the follow-up 2018 survey were analyzed (n = 1032 for happiness, 938 for self-rated health, and 471 for depressive symptoms). Multilevel Poisson regression analysis adjusted for covariates showed that having contact with fewer neighbors was associated with a decline in happiness at both the community level (adjusted relative risk = 1.64, 95% confidence interval = 1.20–1.63) and the individual level (adjusted relative risk = 1.51, 95% confidence interval = 1.05–2.17), but participation in local community activities was not. The results suggest that dense personal networks might be more important in areas with thriving local community activities, not only for individuals but also for all community members.

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Can high workplace social capital buffer the negative effect of high workload on patient-initiated violence? Prospective cohort study

International Journal of Nursing Studies ◽

10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.103971 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 103971

Author(s):

Pihl-Thingvad Jesper ◽

Andersen Lars Peter Soenderbo ◽

Pihl-Thingvad Signe ◽

Elklit Ask ◽

Brandt Lars Peter Andreas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Cohort Study ◽

Prospective Cohort Study ◽

Prospective Cohort ◽

High Workload ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Workplace Social Capital

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Social capital and self-efficacy in the process of youth entry into the labour market: Evidence from a longitudinal study in Sweden

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility ◽

10.1016/j.rssm.2020.100580 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 100580

Author(s):

Anton B. Andersson

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Labour Market ◽

Self Efficacy

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Factors influencing workplace social capital among registered nurses in China

International Nursing Review ◽

10.1111/inr.12666 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

J.‐M. Xu ◽

W. Kunaviktikul ◽

T. Akkadechanunt ◽

A. Nantsupawat ◽

S. Turale

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Registered Nurses ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Workplace Social Capital

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Nonparental Caregivers, Parents, and Early Academic Achievement Among Children from Latino/a Immigrant Households

Sociological Perspectives ◽

10.1177/0731121419851093 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 62 (6) ◽

pp. 884-906

Author(s):

Lilla K. Pivnick

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Social Capital ◽

Early Childhood ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Birth Cohort ◽

Math Achievement ◽

Academic Skills ◽

Ecological Systems ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Early Academic Achievement

Drawing on ecological systems and social capital perspectives, this study uses the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study–Birth Cohort to investigate links between early nonparental caregiver beliefs about early academic skills and children’s math and reading achievement in kindergarten with special attention to the children from Latino/a immigrant households. Regression analyses revealed that nonparental caregiver beliefs were associated with academic achievement at kindergarten entry and that types of alignment or misalignment between nonparental caregiver and parental beliefs were differentially associated with math achievement but not reading. Notably, the association between nonparental caregiver beliefs and children’s academic achievement was more consequential for children from Latino/a immigrant households. Results suggest that having nonparental caregivers with low early academic skills beliefs may be especially detrimental for children from Latino/a immigrant households.

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Does workplace social capital predict care quality through job satisfaction and stress at the clinic? A prospective study

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-021-11320-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Hanne Berthelsen ◽

Mikaela Owen ◽

Hugo Westerlund

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Social Capital ◽

Care Quality ◽

Indirect Pathway ◽

Quality Healthcare ◽

Aggregated Data ◽

Dental Fillings ◽

Patient Demographics ◽

A Prospective Study ◽

Workplace Social Capital

Abstract Background Welfare societies like Sweden face challenges in balancing the budget while meeting the demand for good quality healthcare. The aim of this study was to analyse whether care quality, operationalized as survival of dental fillings, is predicted by workplace social capital and if this effect is direct or indirect (through stress and/or job satisfaction among staff at the clinic), controlling for patient demographics. Methods The prospective design includes A) work environment data from surveys of 75 general public dental clinics (aggregated data based on 872 individual ratings), and B) register-based survival of 9381dental fillings performed during a 3-month period around the time of the survey, and C) patient demographics (age, gender, income level and birth place). Using a multi-level discrete-time proportional hazard model, we tested whether clinic-level social capital, stress, and job satisfaction could predict tooth-level filling failure, controlling for patient demographics. One direct and two indirect pathways, moderated by filling tooth, location, and filling type, were tested. Results High workplace social capital reduced the risk of early failure of fillings in molar teeth, mediated by group-perceived job satisfaction (indirect path: OR = 0.93, p < .05, direct path from job satisfaction: OR = 0.89, p < .05). Contrary to expectations, we found no support for a direct effect from social capital on care quality or for the indirect pathway via stress at the clinic level. Conclusions Workplace social capital boosted the quality of dental fillings through increased levels of job satisfaction. In addition, staff at clinics with higher social capital reported less stress and higher levels of job satisfaction. These results indicate that promotion of social capital may improve both occupational health and care quality.

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Does workplace social capital protect against long-term sickness absence? Linking workplace aggregated social capital to sickness absence registry data

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1177/1403494817721672 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 46 (3) ◽

pp. 290-296 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Anne-Sophie K. Hansen ◽

Ida E. H. Madsen ◽

Sannie Vester Thorsen ◽

Ole Melkevik ◽

Jakob Bue Bjørner ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Private Sector ◽

Sickness Absence ◽

Collective Good ◽

Standard Deviation Increase ◽

Individual Level ◽

The Individual ◽

Adjusted Model ◽

Workplace Social Capital

Aims: Most previous prospective studies have examined workplace social capital as a resource of the individual. However, literature suggests that social capital is a collective good. In the present study we examined whether a high level of workplace aggregated social capital (WASC) predicts a decreased risk of individual-level long-term sickness absence (LTSA) in Danish private sector employees. Methods: A sample of 2043 employees (aged 18–64 years, 38.5% women) from 260 Danish private-sector companies filled in a questionnaire on workplace social capital and covariates. WASC was calculated by assigning the company-averaged social capital score to all employees of each company. We derived LTSA, defined as sickness absence of more than three weeks, from a national register. We examined if WASC predicted employee LTSA using multilevel survival analyses, while excluding participants with LTSA in the three months preceding baseline. Results: We found no statistically significant association in any of the analyses. The hazard ratio for LTSA in the fully adjusted model was 0.93 (95% CI 0.77–1.13) per one standard deviation increase in WASC. When using WASC as a categorical exposure we found a statistically non-significant tendency towards a decreased risk of LTSA in employees with medium WASC (fully adjusted model: HR 0.78 (95% CI 0.48–1.27)). Post hoc analyses with workplace social capital as a resource of the individual showed similar results. Conclusions: WASC did not predict LTSA in this sample of Danish private-sector employees.

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