The Pattern of Relationships between Social Capital and Knowledge Management with Entrepreneurial Orientations of the Staff of Isfahan Tile Industry Company

Subject Areas : Business Management

Zhaleh Shokrollahi ¹ , Fariba Karimi ²

1 - MA in Educational Management, Isfahan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Academic Member, Department of Management, Isfahan University, Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2014-10-04 Accepted : 2015-09-12 Published : 2016-05-21

Keywords: Social capital, Knowledge Management, Entrepreneurial orientations, Isfahan Tile Industry Company,

Abstract :

The purpose of the present study is to examine the relationship between social capital and knowledge management with entrepreneurial orientations of Isfahan Tile company staff. The research method was descriptive- correlational. The statistical population included 420 staff members of Isfahan Tile Company, from among whom 200 employees were selected as the research sample by simple random sampling based on kerjsi and Morgan (1970) Table. For data collection, Nahapiet and Ghoshal's social capital questionnaire (1998), Fung and Choii's knowledge management questionnaire (2009), and Samad Aqaei's entrepreneurship questionnaire (1998) were used. The data were analyzed through the use of Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling. The results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between social capital and its dimensions (cognitive, structural, and communication) with entrepreneurial orientations. Also, there is a meaningful positive relationship between knowledge management and some of its dimensions such as acquisition, creation, saving, and distribution of knowledge with entrepreneurial orientations. The result of the structural equation modeling showed that social capital directly affects entrepreneurial orientations by 0.52 and knowledge management indirectly affects them by 0.19.

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