The Role of Social Capital in Innovation Orientation in Mo\'alem (Teachers) Insurance Company (in Persian)

Saeed Rajaeepour, Haidar Choupani (), Mojtaba Zare Khalili, Hojat Gholamzadeh and Maryam Kazempour
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Saeed Rajaeepour: Iran
Haidar Choupani: Iran
Mojtaba Zare Khalili: Iran
Hojat Gholamzadeh: Iran
Maryam Kazempour: Iran

Management and Development Process Quarterly (٠صلنامه ٠رایند مدیریت و توسعه), 2013, vol. 26, issue 1, 161-189

Abstract: This study tries to investigate the role of Social Capital concerning organizational innovation orientation in Mo’alem (Teachers) Insurance Company. The research method was descriptive-correlative. The statistical population consisted of all 400 employees of Mo’alem Insurance Company, (400 persons), among whom 117 persons were randomly selected. In order to collect the data, two questionnaires were used including Social Capital questionnaire (a=0/92), and innovation orientation questionnaire (a=0/88). The collected data were later analyzed using one-sample t-test, Pearson correlation and stepwise regression. T-test results showed that Society Capital and organizational innovation orientation are in a fairly proper condition. The results of Pearson correlation test illustrated that there are a positive relationship between there is a significant and positive relationship between Social Capital (including its all components, i.e. networks, trust, value, relationships, cooperation, mutual understanding, and mutual commitment) and organizational innovation orientation. Finally, the regression results indicated that among Social Capital components, mutual understanding, trust, relationships, and cooperation are considered the variables to anticipate the entrance into the final regression equation to explain the organizational innovation changes while other social capital components including networks, values and commitments were eliminated as they were not regarded as being able to anticipate the organizational innovation in the Moalem Insurance Company.

Keywords: Organizational Innovation; Social Capital; Organizational Trust; Innovative Organizations; Competitive Advantage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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