The role of social capital in reducing negative health outcomes among police officers

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dc.contributor.authorGachter, Martin
dc.contributor.authorSavage, David A.
dc.contributor.authorTorgler, Benno
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-25T12:52:22Z
dc.date.available2020-01-25T12:52:22Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the role of social capital on the reduction of short and long run negative health effects associated with stress, as well as indicators of burnout among police officers. Despite the large volume of research on either social capital or the health effects of stress, the interaction of these factors remains an underexplored topic. In this empirical analysis we aim to reduce such a shortcoming focusing on a highly stressful and emotionally draining work environment, namely law enforcement agents who perform as an essential part of maintaining modern society. Using a multivariate regression analysis focusing on three different proxies of health and three proxies for social capital conducting also several robustness checks, we find strong evidence that increased levels of social capital is highly correlated with better health outcomes. Additionally we observe that while social capital at work is very important, social capital in the home environment and work-life balance are even more important. From a policy perspective, our findings suggest that work and stress programs should actively encourage employees to build stronger social networks as well as incorporate better working/home life arrangements.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGachter, M. vd. (2010). "The role of social capital in reducing negative health outcomes among police officers". International Journal of Social Inquiry, 3(1), 141-161.tr_TR
dc.identifier.endpage161tr_TR
dc.identifier.issn1307-8364
dc.identifier.issn1307-9999
dc.identifier.issue1tr_TR
dc.identifier.startpage141tr_TR
dc.identifier.urihttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/164132
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11452/7021
dc.identifier.volume3tr_TR
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUludağ Üniversitesitr_TR
dc.relation.journalUludağ Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi / International Journal of Social Inquirytr_TR
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergitr_TR
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectHealth and social capitalen_US
dc.subjectNegative health outcomesen_US
dc.subjectFairnessen_US
dc.subjectTrusten_US
dc.subjectCooperationen_US
dc.titleThe role of social capital in reducing negative health outcomes among police officersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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