The Association Between Unit-Level Workplace Social Capital and Intention to Leave Among Employees in Health Care Settings: A Cross-Sectional Multilevel Study.

J Occup Environ Med

Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Iida); Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Watanabe); Division of Screening Assessment and Management, Center for Public Health Sciences, National Cancer Center Japan, Tokyo, Japan (Ando); School of Health Innovation, Kanagawa University of Human Services, Kawasaki, Japan (Tsuno); Department of Public Health, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan (Inoue); Department of Education, St. Andrew's University of Education, Sakai, Japan (Prof Kurioka) and Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Prof Kawakami).

Published: May 2020

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the multilevel association between workplace social capital and intention to leave among employees in health care settings in Japan.

Methods: This study was a secondary data analysis of the cross-sectional data. A sample of 658 Japanese employees in health care settings with 17 facilities were recruited using a self-administered questionnaire. Multilevel linear regression analysis of intention to leave on unit-level workplace social capital (average score for each unit) was conducted.

Results: Among 317 respondents from 49 units, after adjusting for demographic and work-related variables, both unit-level and individual-level workplace social capital were significantly negatively associated with intention to leave (P < 0.001).

Conclusions: The current study found that there was a significant negative association between unit-level workplace social capital and intention to leave in the health care field.

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