The Relationship of Social Capital and Psychological Capital with the Organizational Performance of the Staff at Jiroft University of Medical Sciences
نویسندگان
1 Health Services Management Research Center, Institute For Futures Studies In Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
2 Department of Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
3 Department of Management, Sirjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sirjan, Iran
4 Department of Law, Rafsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rafsanjan, Iran
doi
10.34172/JHAD.92381چکیده
Background: The main goal of all organizations is to improve organizational performance and achieve development and excellence.The most important factor contributing to this goal is the cohesion of social capital. The stability or cohesion of the social capitalis achieved through a positive psychological state. As medical universities play a vital role in the health system, they always needdevelopment, dynamism, and optimization of organizational performance. To this end, the present study sought to investigate therelationship of social capital and psychological capital with organizational performance at Jiroft University of Medical Sciences.Methods: The data in this descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study were collected using the questionnaires developed by Felícioet al and Luthans et al. The participants (n = 250) were selected from the staff working at Jiroft University of Medical Sciences usingmulti-stage random cluster sampling and the Cochran formula. Data were analyzed using Anderson and Gerbin’s two-step approach.Results: The data revealed that psychological capital had a significant positive relationship with social capital and organizationalperformance. Moreover, social capital had a significant, positive, and incremental relationship with organizational performance.In addition, psychological capital had an indirect and incremental relationship with organizational performance through socialcapital. In other words, psychological capital indirectly improves organizational performance by increasing social capital.Conclusion: The findings from the present study suggested that psychological capital had a significant positive effect on socialcapital, confirming the mediating role of social capital in the relationship between psychological capital and organizationalperformance
