INTRODUCTION Neighborhood environments are increasingly recognized to be important contexts where health outcomes are shaped and where interventions can be directed. From the negative health impacts associated with living in areas with high levels of air pollution (1, 2) to the possible health benefits of local social networks(3), a growing body of research suggests that where one lives can ind...

While a growing body of HRM research has underscored the primacy of people management issues within the broader KM agenda, little progress has been made in understanding the interrelationships between HR practices and intra-organisational knowledge sharing. The aim of this paper is to contribute theoretically to the debate on the emergent role of HR practices in intra-organisational knowledge s...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of social capital and individual factors on the level of leisure time physical inactivity in the neighbourhoods. METHODS The public health survey in Malmö 1994 is a cross sectional study. A total of 5600 people aged 20-80 years were invited to answer a postal questionnaire. The participation rate was 71%. A multilevel logistic regression model, with indi...

Do areas with higher levels of social capital have stronger economies? Robert Putnam has advanced this proposition most recently in Bowling Alone, his magisterial study of civic engagement in the United States. Regrettably, he offers only anecdotal evidence to support his contention. Determining the empirical veracity of the economic implications of social capital is crucial to applying the con...

BACKGROUND Whereas the majority of previous research on social capital and health has been on residential neighborhoods and communities, the evidence remains sparse on workplace social capital. To address this gap in the literature, we examined the association between workplace social capital and health status among Chinese employees in a large, multi-level, cross-sectional study. METHODS By ...

Background: The effects of war as well as military conflict include long-term physical and psychological harm to children and adults. Social relations and trust play a role in peace building and conflict resolution. Social capital is believed to facilitate institutional and interpersonal trust as well as safety and security, and thus may become an important resource in times of military conflic...