title: The relationship between perceived social capital and the health promotion willingness of companies: a systematic telephone survey with chief executive officers in the information and communication technology sector.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examines the association between perceived social capital and health promotion willingness (HPW) of companies from a chief executive officer's perspective.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data for the cross-sectional study were collected through telephone interviews with one chief executive officer from randomly selected companies within the German information and communication technology sector. A hierarchical multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results of the logistic regression analysis of data from a total of n = 522 interviews suggest that higher values of perceived social capital are associated with pronounced HPW in companies (odds ratio = 3.78; 95% confidence intervals, 2.24 to 6.37).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings suggest that characteristics of high social capital, such as an established environment of trust as well as a feeling of common values and convictions could help promote HPW.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Sociology, Health Services Research and Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Human Sciences and Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. julia.jung@uk-koeln.de
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Anika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nitzsche
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ernstmann
authors.forename: Elke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Driller
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wasem
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stieler-Lorenz
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pfaff
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003146:Communications Media; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005858:Germany; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007254:Information Science; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D016015:Logistic Models; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D013672:Technology