Soltanali Shahriyari; Mohammad Shahrabi Farahani
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In recent years, implement of social responsibility has become a challenge for many businesses. One of the most important question about corporate social responsibility is its impact on corporate performance. Although, many studies have investigated this relationship, no consensus has been yet reached ...
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In recent years, implement of social responsibility has become a challenge for many businesses. One of the most important question about corporate social responsibility is its impact on corporate performance. Although, many studies have investigated this relationship, no consensus has been yet reached about it. This study aims to examine the impact of corporate social responsibility on the firm's performance through the mediating variables of innovation and social capital. This research in terms of the purpose is Practical, in terms of how to collect information is Descriptive-Correlation based on structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this study is all of the investment banks in Iranian Institutional Investors Association (IIIA). Measuring tool was a questionnaire with 44 questions which 62 companies responded to it. Construct validity was assessed using convergent and discriminant validity and reliability was assessed by using Cronbach's alph and composite reliability. Data analysis was performed with SmartPLS3 software. Although the impact of social responsibility on innovation has not been accepted, the results show that social responsibility has an impact on firm performance both directly and through the mediator variable of social capital. Therefore, it is suggested that enhance social capital in addition to formulating and implementing social responsibility can imrove firm perfoamnce.
mehdi deyhimpuor
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Each stakeholder of each organization uses any means to achieve their goals, one of which is controversy in order to achieve the desired result. Therefore, the present study aims to manage Commotion-Goal with emphasis on organizational transparency and social capital variables that are applied in terms ...
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Each stakeholder of each organization uses any means to achieve their goals, one of which is controversy in order to achieve the desired result. Therefore, the present study aims to manage Commotion-Goal with emphasis on organizational transparency and social capital variables that are applied in terms of purpose and in terms of method, descriptive-survey is. The statistical population of the study consisted of 385 employees of governmental organizations of Mazandaran province. They were selected using simple random sampling method and based on Morgan table, 191 individuals were selected. The data collection tool was a questionnaire whose reliability and validity were confirmed by Cronbach's alpha and combined reliability, and confirmed by professors and experts familiar with the subject. Data analysis was done by SPSS and PLS software. The findings of structural equation modeling showed that all the paths from organizational transparency and social capital to the management of commotion-goal as well as the path of organizational transparency through the mediating variable of social capital on the commotion-goal are significant and the relationships between them are confirmed and it can be concluded that investment on social capital along with organizational transparency, it can help manage the commotion-goal of individuals.
Morteza Mousakhani; Seyed Mehdi Alvani; Ebrahim Mahmoodzadeh; Yasser Alidadi Talkhestani
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Organizational ambidexterity is defined as the ability of companies to simultaneously explore and exploit. One of the key resources to achieve ambidexterity, is social capital. This study seeks to identify factors influencing the creation of an ambidextrous social capital at defense-industrial organization. ...
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Organizational ambidexterity is defined as the ability of companies to simultaneously explore and exploit. One of the key resources to achieve ambidexterity, is social capital. This study seeks to identify factors influencing the creation of an ambidextrous social capital at defense-industrial organization. In order to achieve this goal, the combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods were used. Initially the focus group was used, and based on its results, a questionnaire was prepared and in the sample of 98, were distributed in the organization. 32 items extracted from the literature an focus group meetings, 3 key competencies, were analyzed using structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). As a result in the organization, structural social capital with dimensions strong-bonds and weak-ties; cognitive social capital with dimensions values, vision and language (narratives); and relational social capital with dimensions trust, norms and identity were the most important in the studied organization.
Seyed Mohsen Allameh; Hoda Tavakoli; Reihaneh Alsadat Tabaeeian
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Social capital is one of the new concepts that has more important role than human capital and physical capital in organizations and communities and today it has been used widely in sociology and economics and more recently in management and organizations. Social capital is a multidimensional concept. ...
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Social capital is one of the new concepts that has more important role than human capital and physical capital in organizations and communities and today it has been used widely in sociology and economics and more recently in management and organizations. Social capital is a multidimensional concept. Different researches has identified three dimensions for social capital which are cognitive capital, relational capital and structural capital. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship among social capital, knowledge sharing and intellectual capital. This is an applied research in term of goal, and also descriptive survey research in terms of the method. Statistical population of this paper consists of all Maskan bank employees in the Esfahan city. For collecting data we use questionnaire and Finally 119 questionnaires were collected. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to test the research model. According to the results, the two dimensions of social capital, the relational and cognitive capital, have significant and positive effect on knowledge sharing, but the effect of structural capital on knowledge sharing is not significant. The effect of knowledge sharing on three dimensions of intellectual capital wich are structural, human and relational aspects is positive and significant.The findings of this research will lead to better understanding of social capital and knowledge sharing mechanism, that can be acceptable basis for increasing the intellectual capital in organizations.
Saeed Ghiasi Nodoushan; Ehsan Aminalroaya
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Nowadays, the new types of organizational capitals are developed, such as social and intellectual capital; that physical capitals cause the promotion of organization through them. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the simultaneously effect of social and intellectual capital on Productivity ...
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Nowadays, the new types of organizational capitals are developed, such as social and intellectual capital; that physical capitals cause the promotion of organization through them. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the simultaneously effect of social and intellectual capital on Productivity of human resources in the Melli Bank branches at Yazd province. Based on the literature review and theoretical literature, a conceptual model and research hypotheses were presented. Then the required data through questionnaires distributed among 265 employees of the Melli Bank branches in Yazd were collected. Finally, assumptions and conceptual model was tested by the stepwise regression method on the basis of the data. Results of the analysis showed that all research hypotheses individually accredited. However, when the effect of all dimensions of social and intellectual capital on productivity of human resources was tested, effects of human and communicational capital in Intellectual capital and communicational and organizational capital in social capital on Productivity of human resources were accredited.
Behrouz rezaeemanesh; Rahil adel; Davud bahrami; Firouz zand
Volume 21, Issue 69 , January 2013, , Pages 151-170
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Human resource capitals are considered as one of the most important resources for small enterprises. Considering the nature of these organizations, in the current trade world, social capital is an assuring criterion for organizational success. Due to the low number of employees in small enterprises, ...
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Human resource capitals are considered as one of the most important resources for small enterprises. Considering the nature of these organizations, in the current trade world, social capital is an assuring criterion for organizational success. Due to the low number of employees in small enterprises, the leader has a more dynamic role in organizational processes and can lead the whole organization in to optimized usage of human resource. Moreover, by increasing effective communications, the leader can initiate and increase social capital. The role of transformational leadership style to generate social capital in small enterprises is discussed in this article. The population of this research is knowledge - base organizations in the 6th district of Tehran which are selected randomly. The measurement tool is a questionnaire distributed among 109 employees in 28 enterprises. Descriptive factor analysis is used To examine transformational leadership questionnaire's reliability, and 4 factors including inspiring communication, rational persuasion, supportive leadership- personal recognition and vision are identified. The results of this research which has been done on the individual level show that there is a positive and meaningful relationship between inspiring communication, rational persuasion, supportive leadership - personal recognition with social capital. Spearman relationship test also shows that there is a positive and meaningful relationship between transformational leadership and social capital. Then the discussion and conclusions based on these findings are discussed.
Milad Bakhti; mohsen Torabi; Aryan Gholipour
Volume 21, Issue 66 , January 2012, , Pages 25-46
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With an emphasis on the role of social capital as one of the most important intangible assets in modern organizations, the present study aims to add to the literature in this area and help managers to create and maintain this in their organizations. Specifically, the study has aimed to develop and fit ...
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With an emphasis on the role of social capital as one of the most important intangible assets in modern organizations, the present study aims to add to the literature in this area and help managers to create and maintain this in their organizations. Specifically, the study has aimed to develop and fit a model that considers the employees’ perceived organizational support as one of the major sources for creating social capital and highlights the importance of organizational citizenship behavior as a mediator. To this end, 192 employees from Telecommunication Infrastructure Company of Iran (TIC) were randomly selected to participate in the study. The applied research methodology is survey design and specifically the research is based on Structural Equation Modeling. The results indicated favorable fit for the model that considers organizational citizenship behavior as a mediator that explains the impact of perceived organizational support in creating social capital. Based on the results of this model, the employees who conceive of their organization as supportive help improve the social capital through displaying citizenship behavior in the organization.
