Investigating Social Capital Level and its Regression Equation with the Organizational Excellence at the Islamic Azad University Organization

The purpose of this study was to assess the level of social capital and its regression equation with the organizational excellence at the Azad University organization. This research was an applied research with a descriptive-correlational design in which 375 employees of the Islamic Azad University were randomly selected as the sample of the study. The social capital and organizational excellence questionnaires were used for collecting the data. Based on Cronbach''s alpha, the validity of the social capital (0.84) and organizational excellence (0.88) questionnaires were calculated. The data analysis was done using Pearson correlation, multiple linear regression, ANOVA and structural equations model in SPSS and Lisrel softwares. The results showed that cognitive, communicative and structural aspects have the most significant impact on social capital of the Islamic Azad University, respectively. The level of social capital and organizational excellence at Islamic Azad University was assessed as being "average" and "poor", respectively. The results also indicated a significant and positive relationship (0.79) between social capital and organizational excellence at Islamic Azad University (p=0.000). The cognitive, communicative and structural aspects of social capital had the highest regression effect on organizational excellence, respectively, and all were significant predictors of organizational excellence at the Islamic Azad University (001/0>p).