Social Capital and Social Banking: Drawing Relationships and Explaining the Effects on Sustainable Rural/Nomadic Development

Subject Areas : Iranian Sociological Review

Karim Mirzakhani ¹ , Mehrdad Navabakhsh ² , Abdolreza Adhami ³

1 - Department of Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch
2 - Member of the academic staff of Islamic Azad University of Sciences and Research
3 - Department of Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch

Received: 2023-02-21 Accepted : 2024-01-30 Published : 2024-01-31

Keywords: Cooperatives, sustainable rural and nomadic development, social capital and social banking,

Abstract :

The main aim of this study was to know the impact of bank facility payment with social banking approach on sustainable rural and nomadic development through the mediation of social capital. The research method was quantitative and the tool used was a researcher-made questionnaire, and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient obtained for the research variables was above 0.70. The statistical population was the recipients of the facilities from the branches of the Cooperative Development Bank, which was selected by the multi-stage cluster sampling method of five provinces, and the recipients of the banking facilities were studied as a sample from the selected provinces. To analyze the data, dispersion indices and structural equation modeling were used, and the results of the research showed that the banking facilities of the Cooperative Bank with the social banking approach have an effect and findings in the process of sustainable rural and nomadic development, and social capital also supports this issue. Facilitates. Therefore, it can be concluded that in order to pay attention to sustainable rural and nomadic development with the components of economic sustainability, environmental sustainability and social sustainability, pay attention to the three components of social banking, that is; profit, people and environment and the five components of social capital, that is; Social awareness, social participation, social network, social cohesion and social trust are important.