porei ataei; vahed aliabadi; shevi nejatean
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In the recent years, agricultural cooperatives have played an important role in rural development through the development of agriculture. The main purpose of this study is to measure social capital and identify effective factors in the creation and maintenance of social capital among members of agricultural ...
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In the recent years, agricultural cooperatives have played an important role in rural development through the development of agriculture. The main purpose of this study is to measure social capital and identify effective factors in the creation and maintenance of social capital among members of agricultural cooperatives in Zanjan. The research method was survey. The statistical population of this study consisted members of agricultural cooperatives in Zanjan (N= 180), 123 of whom were selected by random sampling method (Krejcie and Morgan’s table). The data was collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. In this study, data analysis was done using SSPS22 software. The face validity of instrument was determined by investigating views of faculty members atZanjanUniversity and experts of Office of Cooperatives. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed using pilot test and Cronbach's coefficient alpha. The results showed that tax breaks, the position and social standing of individuals, and training courses before the establishment of the cooperative had the highest priority. The factor analysis classified the creation and maintenance of social capital variables into 9 factors: supportive and social, discipline, job, organizational and management, media-social, flexible rules, elimination of bureaucracy, accountability and information technologies. In total, nine factors could explain 69.6 percent of the total variance of creating and maintaining social capital in agricultural cooperatives. Therefore, removing the administrative bureaucracy and cumbersome rules can increase the process of in-group and out-group transactions. Also, attention to discipline and employment components played a key role in the creation and maintenance process of social capital by training. According to results, some recommendations have been presented at the end of the article.
mehran sohrabzadeh; sedsaed hosenizadeh; hossein emamalizadeh; auob sakhaei
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Since the beginning of human civilization one of the basic needs of human beings in all cultures has been feeling happy, which affects the physical and mental health of community members. Hence, the aim of this study is to examine the state of feeling of happiness and its relationship with social and ...
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Since the beginning of human civilization one of the basic needs of human beings in all cultures has been feeling happy, which affects the physical and mental health of community members. Hence, the aim of this study is to examine the state of feeling of happiness and its relationship with social and cultural capital. The method used in this research is survey and data was gathered using questionnaires. The sample was composed of 384 of citizens of Aran & Bidgol in 2005 and the obtained data was analyzed by the statistical software LISREL and SPSS. The assessment of results showed that the happiness of the sample was at the moderate to high level (7.58) and the amount of happiness in the emotional dimension was at a higher level than cognitive and social dimensions. Also, the average values of social and cultural capital were 66.3 and 40.6 respectively. In analytical findings, statistics showed that there is a direct and significant relationship between social (0.478) and cultural capital (0.402) and feeling of happiness; in other words, with an increase in social and cultural capital, there will be a rise in citizens’ feeling of happiness. Also, the cultural capital indirectly, and by affecting the social capital, leads to an increase in the feeling of happiness.
manejeh mohammadzadeh; abolfazl amanein; sedrasol hosseni
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This study aims to identify the relationship between social capital (trust, norms and social networks) and organizational entrepreneurship development. In this study the components of Nahapiet and Ghoshal’s social capital theory and Antonich & Hisrich’s theory about organizational entrepreneurship ...
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This study aims to identify the relationship between social capital (trust, norms and social networks) and organizational entrepreneurship development. In this study the components of Nahapiet and Ghoshal’s social capital theory and Antonich & Hisrich’s theory about organizational entrepreneurship were used. The research method was descriptive correlation and a combination of documentary and field methods. In the field analysis, 372 employees working in Iran Khodro Industrial Group in 2014 participated by filling out a researcher made-questionnaire of social capital (Nehapiet & Ghoshal, 2002) and a researcher-made questionnaire for the seven dimensions of organizational entrepreneurship (Antonich & Hisrich, 2003). Participants were selected and studied using the quota sampling method. Data analysis was done at two levels of descriptive (mean) and expressive (Pearson correlation coefficient, Mean test and binary linear regression). The results showed a direct relationship between social capital and its five dimensions and the rate of organizational entrepreneurship. The results of linear regression test indicated a linear relationship between the two variables of social capital and the rate of organizational entrepreneurship while social capital had the potential of predicting 21 percent of changes in organizational entrepreneurship. Overall, the results showed that organizational entrepreneurship, as a syncretistic construct (technological, managerial and social), is subject to the quality and quantity of social capital and its dimensions.
sedseyamak alavikeai; leli nasrollahivsta; fatemeh golabi
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The high risk-taking power is one of the most important features of entrepreneur which can lead to production and employment. Risk-taking in turn can be caused by several factors, which provides the requirements of accepting a higher level of risk. Social capital can be considered as a key factor that ...
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The high risk-taking power is one of the most important features of entrepreneur which can lead to production and employment. Risk-taking in turn can be caused by several factors, which provides the requirements of accepting a higher level of risk. Social capital can be considered as a key factor that can play critical role in enhancement of risk-taking level. In this context, current study theoretically and empirically examines the effects of social capital on risk-taking of entrepreneurship students. Population was all students in Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran. The sample size of 252 was calculated using Cochran formula. Convenience sampling plan was employed to collect data. To test hypotheses, ridge regression and Pearson correlation were used. Results indicated that individual and institutional trust has a positive impact on risk-taking of students. In addition, cooperative, and charitable religious participation were found to improve risk-taking of students. However, the impacts of formal participation and public trust on risk-taking were not significant.
