Measuring the Impact of Organizational Social Capital on Organizational Innovation (Case Study: Iran Khodro Industrial Group)

In today's dynamic business, with the emergence of three major trends of fierce international competition, discrete markets, and changing technology, we are witnessing an ever-increasing pattern of innovation. These trends have attracted the attention of business professionals to the widespread attention and search for the concept of social capital as a vital factor in enhancing the performance of the organization and in the process of creating innovation-based competitive advantage. However, less research has examined organizational social capital and organizational innovation together; therefore, the purpose of the present study is to investigate the impact of organizational social capital and its dimensions on the tendency of organizational innovation in Iran Khodro Company. The methodology of the study is descriptive-correlational and the statistical population includes the personnel of Iran Khodro. Correlation analysis and stepwise regression analysis as well as factor analysis were used for data analysis. The results of the study show that there is an effective and meaningful relationship between organizational social capital and organizational innovation. Thus, the relational and structural dimensions of social capital had a significant relationship with innovation, but the cognitive dimension of social capital had no significant relationship with organizational innovation in the organization.