BACKGROUND Social capital may theoretically explain health inequalities between social groups, but empirical evidence is lacking. Some studies indicate that social capital may be particularly important for immigrant health. Nearly 16% of Sweden's population are foreign-born immigrants and research has shown them to be susceptible to psychological distress, though significant variation has been ...

Explain the Role of Psychological Capital in Knowledge Sharing of an Organization Abstract The aim of present study was to investigate knowledge sharing approach as essential factor in the advancement of organization's purposes and also the effect of psychological capital dimensions in improving and accelerating of this process and want to measure these effects in transferring knowledge among i...

Learning motivation and transfer of human capital development: Implications from psychological capital" (2009). Management Department Faculty Publications. Paper 54.

This study examined the influence of psychological capital (PsyCap), on the well-being of university undergraduates during an academic semester. PsyCap, a recently developed, higher-order construct, applied to the world of work has been hypothesized to aid employees cope with stressors in the workplace. The current study extends this concept to work in the academic environment. Psychological ca...

In this paper, we argue that psychological capital is unequally distributed among people from different social classes, ethnic backgrounds and genders. Confronting the limitations of current, individualistic perspective on capital, offer a re-conceptualisation construct critical, interdisciplinary perspective, placing it at intersection sociology psychology. We discuss various mechanisms throug...