The moderating effect of environmental uncertainty and the existence of business ties on the relationship between social capital and performance in Tehran Stock Exchange

Knowledge, information, and experience, collectively called intellectual capital, are the foundation of success in the 21st century. These intangible resources are the key to creating and maintaining a competitive advantage.The main purpose of this study is to investigate the moderating role of environmental uncertainty and the existence of business ties between the social capital and the real value of companies and their financial performance; An issue that has a decisive importance and place in the success or failure of companies. The noteworthy point of this research is the study of social capital issues and companies' performance under conditions of environmental uncertainty and the existence of business ties affected by knowledge assets. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlation in terms of data collection method. The statistical population of this study consists of 488 managers, officials and supervisors of companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange, from which 215 people were selected as a sample with a proportional allocation from Morgan's sample size estimation table. The data collected are classified and classified using descriptive statistics.the structural equation model (SEM) model method is used Pearson correlation coefficient is used to determine the relationships between the variables. Data analysis and hypothesis testing were performed using AMOS software. results showed that business ties and environmental uncertainty play as mediating variables in the relationship between social capital and overall performance, both organizational performance and market performance, with the difference that the effect of business ties is positive but environmental uncertainty is negative.