The relationship between social capital, knowledge sharing and organizational performance

One of the most important issues in companies listed on the Stock Exchange is always improving and enhancing the performance and increasing the productivity of employees and the organization. This research aims to investigate the increase of effectiveness and efficiency through producing, sharing, and transferring knowledge among employees.

The statistical population of the research is employees of companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange. A simple random sampling method was used to calculate the sample size. For data collection, the field research method and data collection tool was a standard questionnaire according to Terry Kim et al (2013). This research is descriptive in terms of its purpose. In this research, to investigate the research model, the structural equation method was used with SmartPLS 3, and then the path coefficients and their significance were analyzed.

The research results showed that structural, relational and structural social capital has a positive and significant effect on knowledge sharing. Also, structural, relational and cognitive social capital has a positive and significant effect on knowledge sharing, and knowledge sharing also has a positive and significant effect on organizational performance.

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The development and expansion of knowledge in the organization requires attention to social capital. Dimensions of social capital, including structural and relational capital, are effective in increasing productivity and organizational performance by affecting knowledge sharing.