The mediating role of social capital in the effect of organizational climate on human capital(The case: employee service center of Qom Seminary)

Rahmati, Mohammad Hosein; Soltaninajad, Nima; Rashid, Ali Asghar; Abbasi, Ahmad

The mediating role of social capital in the effect of organizational climate on human capital(The case: employee service center of Qom Seminary)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

mohammad hosein rahmati

nima soltaninajad

ali asghar rashid

ahmad abbasi

Farabi Campus - University of Tehran

Abstract

In recent decades, organizations have found that to achieve sustainable competitive advantage and effective human resources is of utmost importance. In a world where knowledge and communication with customers and clients increasingly become important, human capital that represents knowledge, technical skills, creativity, and experience of the organization is increasingly important; and it is considered not as costly but as productive assets. This study examines the impact of the organizational climate on human capital with social capital mediation. The present study is functional in terms of goal and descriptive- correlational in terms of performance, in which a questionnaire is employed to collect data. The subjects consisted of 400 employees of the service center of Hawza ʻilmiyya in Qom province (SCIS), which according to Morgan and simple random sampling, 196 samples were selected. The reliability and validity of the calculation of alpha, Composite reliability and Average variance extracted and validity of the questionnaire was evaluated and endorsed by professors and experts familiar with the issue. Partial Least Squares test study was conducted using Smart PLS software. The results showed that organizational climate has impact on social and human capital impact and social capital also affects the human capital.

Keywords

Human capital

Social capital

Organizational climate

Service center of Hawza