A study of the relationship between social capital and organization's intellectual capital (case study: Kurdistan Departments of Education)

Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 9

Abstract

Social capital is an inter-disciplinary subject that in recent years has been considered increasingly by authorities in different areas such as science, especially management. On the other hand educational organizations can improve their efficiency and efficacy through establishing, reinforcing and spreading such valuable and touchable capital. The scope of this research is to study the effect of the rate of social capital along with the intellectual capital exchange among Kurdistan education staff organization. Four hypotheses were proposed for this purpose. The research method, according to the purpose of applied research and the manner of data collection is descriptive and the analysis of the model specifically is based on structural equation modeling (SEM) via LISREL and SPSS softwares. The study statistical community comprises of the employees of Kurdistan Departments of Education. The study sample was chosen based on cluster analysis method and the number of the sample members was 285. The research findings which are based on structural equations model indicate that social capital significantly affects intellectual capital. In addition, the results suggest that there is a significant relationship between structural, cognitive and relational aspects of the social capital, and these of Intellectual capital.

Authors and Affiliations

Mehran Zohdi *| Young Researchers Club, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran. mehran.zohdi@yahoo.com, Reza Shafeai| Assistant Professor, Department of business management, University of Kurdistan, Sannadaj, Iran., Hoshyar Kheirkhah| Department of Industrial business management, Payame noor University, Iran.

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Mehran Zohdi *, Reza Shafeai, Hoshyar Kheirkhah (2013). A study of the relationship between social capital and organization's intellectual capital (case study: Kurdistan Departments of Education). International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences, 4(9), 2509-2516. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-5645