Sumiko Fujita1, Norito Kawakami, Emiko Ando, Akiomi Inoue, Kanami Tsuno, Sumiko Kurioka, Ichiro Kawachi. 1. Faculty of Medicine (Ms Fujita); Department of Mental Health (Prof Kawakami), School of Public Health; Department of Mental Health (Ms Ando), Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo; Department of Mental Health (Dr Inoue), Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan, Kitakyushu; Department of Hygiene (Dr Tsuno), School of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University; Graduate School of Business (Prof Kurioka), Osaka City University, Japan; and Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences (Prof Kawachi), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
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.
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.
Authors: Göran Jutengren; Ellen Jaldestad; Lotta Dellve; Andrea Eriksson Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2020-06-15 Impact factor: 3.390