Investigating gender difference in relation to factors that effect on efficiency with emphasis on social capital. (Case study: Social Security Organization of Shiraz City)

Subject Areas : Quarterly Journal of Woman and Society

narges samadpoor ¹ (بلوار شهید چمران- ابتدای بلوار شاهد- بعد از ایستگاه قطار شهری و جنب ایستگاه آتش نشانی - سازمان سرمایه گذاری شهرداری شیراز(باغ مهر)
Najme Shahamat ² (Graduate Of Master Of Financial Management.Neyriz Branch.Islamic Azad University.Neyriz.Iran.)

Received: 2021-08-17 Accepted : 2022-02-23 Published : 2022-04-21

Keywords: Organizational Creativity, Social Security Organization, socialcapital, organizational efficiency,

Abstract :

goal: Increasing efficiency is one of the important goals of manufacturers. Social capital is one of the factors affecting efficiency. But the results of some studies have shown that social capital can be different in men and women, so the aim of this research is to investigate gender differences in relation to factors affecting efficiency with emphasis on social capital in in the Social Security Organization of Shiraz City.
Methods: the statistical society of this research includes official employees of Shiraz City’s Social Security organization and 200 people of employees (man and woman) has been sampled by random sampling method. Questionnaire was used to gather data. SPSS and AMOS software, Structural Equation Method, Levin Test and T test of two independent groups are used in order to analyze data and testing hypothesizes.
Findings: The results showed there is not significant difference in men and women’s social capital and between men and women's structural dimension and men and women's communication dimension of research. But there is a meaning different between men and women’s cognitive dimension. Also findings show that social capital and its behavioral dimension have a positive effect on men and women’s efficiency. while, cognitive dimension has no effect on women’s efficiency, this dimension has had most effect on men’s efficiency.The structural dimension has no effect on men's efficiency but has a positive effect on women's efficiency as well, the results show that social capital has positive and meaning effect on men and women’s efficiency indirectly through organizational creativity

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