Intervention study to build up workplace social capital

• Project/Area Number: 25460802
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Hygiene and public health
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: TAKAO Soshi 岡山大学, 医歯(薬)学総合研究科, 講師 (50335626)
• Research Collaborator: TANIHARA Shinichi 帝京大学, 公衆衛生大学院, 教授 (40285771) ; HAMADA Jun 岡山大学, 大学院医歯薬学総合研究科, 教授 (70334886) ; Ichiro KAWACHI ハーバード大学, 公衆衛生大学院, 教授
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
• Keywords: ソーシャル・キャピタル / 介入 / 醸成 / 健康 / 運動 / 職場 / 信頼

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we evaluated the changes of the levels of workplace social capital before and after an athletic event held in a company. We had no control group, and then we employed natural-experiment design. We could not observe clear increase of social capital probably due to ceiling effect. We also discussed about data harmonization with counterparts in Finland (Finnish Public Sector; FPS cohort).

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Community-level social capital and psychological distress among the elderly in Japan: a population-based study (2015)
  • Author(s): Kobayashi T, Suzuki E, Noguchi M, Kawachi I, Takao S
  • Journal Title: PLoS One Volume: 10 Issue: 11 Pages: e0142629-e0142629
  • DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142629
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] The bright side and dark side of workplace social capital: opposing effects of gender on overweight among Japanese employees. (2014)
  • Author(s): Kobayashi T, Suzuki E, Oksanen T, Kawachi I, Takao S.
  • Journal Title: PLoS One. Volume: 9(1) Issue: 1 Pages: e88084-e88084
  • DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088084
  • NAID: 120005526625
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Workplace determinants of social capital: cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from a finnish cohort study. (2013)
  • Author(s): Oksanen T, Kawachi I, Kouvonen A, Takao S, Suzuki E, Virtanen M, Pentti J, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J.
  • Journal Title: PLoS One Volume: 8(6) Issue: 6 Pages: e65846-e65846
  • DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065846
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Individual-level social capital and self-rated health in Japan: an application of the Resource Generator. (2013)
  • Author(s): Kobayashi T, Kawachi I, Iwase T, Suzuki E, Takao S.
  • Journal Title: Soc Sci Med. Volume: 85 Pages: 32-37
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.02.027
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 職場におけるソーシャル・キャピタルの属性別記述 (2013)
  • Author(s): 高尾総司、鈴木越治、土居弘幸
  • Organizer: 日本産業衛生学会総会
  • Place of Presentation: 愛媛
• [Book] ソーシャル・キャピタルと健康政策 (2013)
  • Author(s): イチロー・カワチ、高尾総司ほか編著
  • Total Pages: 455
  • Publisher: 日本評論社