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

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 637-649

  Oksanen, Tuula ^a   Kouvonen, Anne ^b   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,c   Pentti, Jaana ^a   Virtanen, Marianna ^a   Linna, Anne ^a   Vahtera, Jussi ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finland; Multilevel analysis; Self rated health; Social capital; Work

Indexed keywords

HEALTH WORKER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 37249005378     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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