Social capital in working life and the health of employees

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2447-2458

  Liukkonen, Virpi ^a,b   Virtanen, Pekka ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^c,d   Pentti, Jaana ^c   Vahtera, Jussi ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Co worker support; Finland; Non permanent employment; Public sector employees; Self rated health; Social capital

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SELF ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 5144232627     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.04.013     Document Type: Article

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