Structural Model of the Relationship of Social Capital and Organizational Learning Capability with Innovation of Employees

Subject Areas : Business Management

Fariba Karimi ¹ , Somayeh Ahmadi Dastjerdi ² , Saeed Rajaeepour ³

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Khorasgan Branch (Isfahan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan-Iran
2 - Graduate Student, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch (Isfahan), Department of Educational Management, Isfahan-Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Isfahan University, Isfahan-Iran

Received: 2013-05-27 Accepted : 2013-08-21 Published : 2013-12-22

Keywords: Social capital, Innovation, Organizational learning capability,

Abstract :

This study examined the relationship of social capital and organizational learning capability with the innovation of employees at Isfahan Youth Intellectual Training Center. The method of the study was causal correlation and structural equation modeling. The study population included 195 staff members of Isfahan Youth Intellectual Training Center. In order to achieve the research objectives, by using the Krejcie and Morgan table, 130 employees were selected by random cluster sampling. The measurement tool used for the study comprised inventories for social capital by Nahapit & Ghoshal (1998), organizational learning capability by Chiva et al (2007) and innovation by Dorabjee (1998). The results showed a positive relation among social capital and components of social capital with innovation and also among organization learning capability and components of organization learning capability with innovation. The results of structural equation modeling showed that the social capital had a direct impact on organizational learning capability and an indirect impact on innovation, and that organizational learning was the mediator related to social capital and innovation.

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