Psychometric evaluation of a short measure of social capital at work

Kouvonen, Anne; Kivimäki, Mika; Vahtera, Jussi; Oksanen, Tuula; Elovainio, Marko; Cox, Tom; Virtanen, Marianna; Pentti, Jaana; Cox, Sue; Wilkinson, Richard G.

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-251

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“…Social capital was measured using the Social Capital at Work Questionnaire (SCWQ) [38]. The SCWQ is an eight-item questionnaire which measures shared attitudes and values in an organization, respect and trust between workers, and reciprocity.…”

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“…The SCWQ is an eight-item questionnaire which measures shared attitudes and values in an organization, respect and trust between workers, and reciprocity. The SCWQ has been validated and shown reliable for use in the supervisor population (Cronbach's α equal to 0.88) [38]. The SCWQ was considered as a potential confounder because supervisors who have positive attitudes and trust with their workers may be more inclined to provide workplace accommodation.…”

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Supervisor Autonomy and Considerate Leadership Style are Associated with Supervisors’ Likelihood to Accommodate Back Injured Workers

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PURPOSE-To determine the association between supervisors' leadership style and autonomy and supervisors' likelihood of supporting job accommodations for back-injured workers.METHODS-A cross-sectional study of supervisors from Canadian and US employers was conducted using a web-based, self-report questionnaire that included a case vignette of a backinjured worker. Autonomy and two dimensions of leadership style (considerate and initiating structure) were included as exposures. The outcome, supervisors' likeliness to support job accommodation, was measured with the Job Accommodation Scale. We conducted univariate analyses of all variables and bivariate analyses of the JAS score with each exposure and potential confounding factor. We used multivariable generalized linear models to control for confounding factors.RESULTS-A total of 796 supervisors participated. Considerate leadership style (β= .012; 95% CI: .009-.016) and autonomy (β= .066; 95% CI: .025-.11) were positively associated with supervisors' likelihood to accommodate after adjusting for appropriate confounding factors. An initiating structure leadership style was not significantly associated with supervisors' likelihood to accommodate (β = .0018; 95% CI: −.0026-.0061) after adjusting for appropriate confounders.

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Supervisor Autonomy and Considerate Leadership Style are Associated with Supervisors’ Likelihood to Accommodate Back Injured Workers

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“…The SCWQ is used to measure the key components of social capital at the workplace: shared attitudes and values among members of an organization, reciprocity, mutual respect and trust between workmates, collective action and participation in the networks at work, and trust in and trustworthiness of a supervisor. The 8-item scale has been shown to be a reliable and valid measure of social capital [32]. The internal consistency of this measure is good (Cronbach's alpha = 0.87).…”

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“…Workplace social capital: Workplace social capital was measured using the Social Capital at Work Questionnaire (SCWQ) [32]. The SCWQ is used to measure the key components of social capital at the workplace: shared attitudes and values among members of an organization, reciprocity, mutual respect and trust between workmates, collective action and participation in the networks at work, and trust in and trustworthiness of a supervisor.…”

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Supervisor and Organizational Factors Associated with Supervisor Support of Job Accommodations for Low Back Injured Workers

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PURPOSE-Temporary job accommodations contribute to the prevention of chronic work disability due to low back pain (LBP) through the facilitation of early return to work; yet, workplace dimensions of job accommodation are poorly understood. The objective of this study was to determine supervisor and organizational factors associated with supervisors' support for temporary job accommodations for LBP injured workers. METHODS-Supervisorswere recruited from 19 workplaces in the USA and Canada and completed an online survey regarding job accommodation practices and potential associated factors with respect to a case vignette of a worker with LBP. Multivariable linear regression was used to identify the most parsimonious set of factors associated with supervisors' support for accommodations. RESULTS-

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“…In addition, the notion of social capital, recently has received greater attention as a possible explanation to the disparities in health and its social gradient 13 . A breakthrough in this topic was the development in Finland of a short scale to measure social capital at work 14 . This scale has the prospect of an inequality perspective of the efficacy of social capital; with only eight items (table 1), it seeks to explore whether people feel respected, valued and treated with equality at work.…”

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Capital social en el trabajo: Análisis psicométrico de una escala breve en español entre trabajadores de la salud mexicanos

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Camacho-Avila

García-Rivas

et al. 2012

Rev. bras. epidemiol.

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La mayoría de estudios sobre capital social y salud se realizan con grandes encuestas en hogares, olvidando que muchas interacciones entre los individuos ocurren en el ambiente laboral. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar las propiedades psicométricas de una escala en español para la medición del capital social en el trabajo. La escala de Kouvonen y colaboradores fue traducida al español y evaluada mediante la teoría clásica de las pruebas, la teoría de respuesta a los ítems y análisis factorial confirmatorio. Participaron 152 trabajadores de la salud mexicanos de diferentes contextos socioculturales. La consistencia interna fue alta (alfa de Cronbach= 0.88). El capital social en el trabajo se correlacionó adecuadamente con dos dimensiones del Cuestionario de Contenido del Trabajo. Se detectó un efecto techo y se cuantificó la dificultad de los ítems. El análisis factorial confirmatorio mostró los componentes teóricamente esperados de vinculación, puente y confianza del capital social en el trabajo. La escala tuvo un aceptable comportamiento psicométrico, por lo que podrá ser utilizada en futuros estudios.

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Psychometric evaluation of a short measure of social capital at work

Cited by 179 publications

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Supervisor Autonomy and Considerate Leadership Style are Associated with Supervisors’ Likelihood to Accommodate Back Injured Workers

Supervisor Autonomy and Considerate Leadership Style are Associated with Supervisors’ Likelihood to Accommodate Back Injured Workers

Supervisor and Organizational Factors Associated with Supervisor Support of Job Accommodations for Low Back Injured Workers

Capital social en el trabajo: Análisis psicométrico de una escala breve en español entre trabajadores de la salud mexicanos

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