The Association of Workplace Social Capital With Work Engagement of Employees in Health Care Settings: A Multilevel Cross-Sectional Analysis. Issue 3 (March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fujita, Sumiko; Kawakami, Norito; Ando, Emiko; Inoue, Akiomi; Tsuno, Kanami; Kurioka, Sumiko; Kawachi, Ichiro
• Is Part Of: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. Volume 58:Issue 3(2016)
• Page Start: 265
• Page End: 271
• Publication Date: 2016-03
• Subjects: Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; Occupational Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental health; Medicine, Industrial; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9803
• DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000605
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1076-2752

Abstract

Abstract : Objective: The aim of the study was to examine the cross-sectional multilevel association between unit-level workplace social capital and individual-level work engagement among employees in health care settings. Methods: The data were collected from employees of a Japanese health care corporation using a questionnaire. The analyses were limited to 440 respondents from 35 units comprising five or more respondents per unit. Unit-level workplace social capital was calculated as an average score of the Workplace Social Capital Scale for each unit. Multilevel regression analysis with a random intercept model was conducted. Results: After adjusting for demographic variables, unit-level workplace social capital was significantly and positively associated with respondents' work engagement ( P < 0.001). The association remained significant after additionally adjusting for individual-level perceptions of workplace social capital ( P < 0.001). Conclusions: Workplace social capital might exert a positive contextual effect on work engagement of employees in health care settings.