| Summary: | The maintaining of health and well-being in the academic field of work is a widespread
challenge. The increased interest in social capital provides an opportunity for public health
coordinators in the academic field to advance their social agendas so that optimal
development within the relationship between social capital and health and well-being can
be constant that in turn enhance good working environments. This relationship between
social capital and health and well-being is embedded in networks of trust which lead to
coordination and cooperation in the academic field of work for mutual benefit. Provided by
social capital, there is a great opportunity for health coordinators, to flex their theoretical
muscles in coming to grips with the social elements of health determinants and health
promotions within the academic field of work. To understand the more progressive
interpretation of social capital, it calls for the creation of health promoting communities
through a process of mutual reinforcement of the social and the economic sector
(workplace). This study will distinguish between the micro, meso and macro levels of
social capital within health and well-being, within the academic field of work, with the
specific linking, bonding and bridging in their specific dimensions. === Thesis (M.A.(Sociology) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2014
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