The Mediating Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Impact of Social and Intellectual Capital on the Effectiveness of Iranian Sport Organizations
Subject Areas : Sport Management
1 - Assistant Professor of Sport Management, South Tehran branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Social capital, Intellectual capital, Effectiveness, Corporate social responsibility, Sport organizations,
Abstract :
Objective: The aim of the present study was to identify mediating role of social responsibility in the impact of social and intellectual capital on the effectiveness of Iranian sports organizations. Methods: This research is based on the purpose of applied research and in terms of data collection method, it is a descriptive-strategic research of correlational analysis. The sample size was randomly selected based on Morgan's table of 368 peopleTaking into account 356 healthy questionnaires. The study used a questionnaire from the Nahapat and Goshal Social Capital Questionnaire (1998), the Buntis Intellectual Capital Questionnaire (1998), the Heso Organizational Effectiveness Questionnaire (2002), and the corporate social responsibility carroll Questionnaire (2001). The formal and content validity and reliability were confirmed by Cronbach's alpha test. Also, in this study, in order to analyze statistical tests, the SPSS software version 25 and the LISREL software were used with 95% confidence and with an error level of 0.05. Results: It was found that the coefficient of effect of social capital on organizational effectiveness is equal to (2.65 and t = 2.73), so social capital has a negative and significant effect on organizational effectiveness (t = 2.73, p> 0.05). And the coefficient of the effect of intellectual capital on corporate social responsibility is equal (t = 0.73 and t = 12.53) which is significant at the level of p 0.05). The coefficient of effect of corporate social responsibility on organizational effectiveness is equal to (t = 0.41 and t = 24.24) which has a significant positive and significant effect on organizational effectiveness at p 0.05). In the following, regression equations are examined structurally
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