An Appraisal of the Relationship between Social Capitals, Institutional Partnership, and Human Capital in Higher Education System

Higher education plays an important role in the reformation and constant change in societies. This process includes factors such as social capital, institutional partnership and human capital. This research is intended to investigate the effects of social capitals on institutional partnership along with human capital in Noushirvani University at Babul. Research population included all employees at this university (180 emloyees) from whom 110 were selected as the sample group by Morgan table. Two social capital questionnaires along with a single institutional partnership questionnaire were applied as research instruments. LISREL and structural equation modeling were used for data analysis. The results indicated that social capital were effective on institutional partnership and human capital. Human capital turned out to be effective on institutional partnership.