Chung-Hung Tsai
Department of Health Administration, Tzu Chi College of Technology, R.O.C.
ABSTRACT
The study aims to explore the relationship among perceived organizational support, social capital (interpersonal trust and institutional trust), employee well-being (job satisfaction, physical health and mental health). A survey of 2884 employees of 16 hospitals were selected as research subjects. The findings show that a good overall fit of the proposed model with the empirical data. This study also demonstrates that perceived organizational support has significantly positive effect on interpersonal trust and institutional trust. Furthermore, interpersonal trust and institutional trust are vital mediators between perceived organizational support and employee well-being (job satisfaction, physical health and mental health). The contributions of this study are as follows: First, this study validates the mediating role social capital in the improvement of employee well-being theoretically. Second, this study provides important implications that organizational support, and social capital should be simultaneously valued and reinforced by organizations to achieve better employee well-being.
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Received: June 11, 2013;
Accepted: October 08, 2013;
Published: November 12, 2013
How to cite this article
Chung-Hung Tsai, 2013. Mediating Impact of Social Capital on the Relationship Between Perceived Organizational Support and Employee Well-being. Journal of Applied Sciences, 13: 4726-4731.
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.4726.4731
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.4726.4731
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.4726.4731
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.4726.4731
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