مجله مدیریت سرمایه اجتماعی
سال هشتم شماره 2 (تابستان 1400)

Addressing the issue of cultural values as a type of social capital is one of the most fundamental national and international issues. These cultural values require investment and strengthening of the foundations of religious culture in religious societies. The best time to stabilize a religious culture and turn it into an appropriate social capital is childhood (from birthday to 14 years old). This period is a very good opportunity to stabilize cultural and social norms and values. Meanwhile, by stabilizing a religious culture in childhood, religious teachings can provide up-to-date methods to achieve social capital sustainable development. The present study was descriptive-analytical in terms of the nature of the research and fundamental in terms of the type of research. For this purpose, all relevant information was collected through library and document analysis instruments and was analyzed using qualitative and rational analysis methods. The obtained results revealed that religious teachings offer five methods based on innate disposition in order to establish the religious culture of childhood, namely the provision of a role model (modeling, de-modeling), the provision of spiritual reward by parents that leads to emotional-social development, the introduction of non-corporal punishment considering educational goals, the use of control measures to stabilize the process of social education and social non-deviation via the development of the concept of controller, and the provision of social skills training that includes altruism, observing others’ rights, faithfulness, humility, tolerance, honesty, modesty and chastity.

Social capital plays a crucial role in the growth of organizations. However, this issue has been neglected in government organizations despite its great importance. The purpose of this study was to design a model of the role of government in promoting social capital with an emphasis on creating public value in Iranian government organizations. This research was conducted via a mixed-methods approach, and it used the grounded theory method and structural equation modeling to design the research model and validate it. In order to collect research data, 15 academic experts and 14 public sector managers were included in in-depth interviews, and after performing the 3 coding steps, the paradigmatic model of the grounded theory was formed. Finally, the obtained research model was validated using structural equation modeling and Smart PLS software based on the opinions of 260 managers and experts in government organizations. Findings showed that there are 5 dimensions for social capital in government organizations, including relational social capital, cognitive social capital, spiritual (value-based) social capital, structural social capital, and behavioral social capital. In addition, to promote social capital in government organizations, strategies can be adopted at managerial, organizational, and supra-organizational levels. The validation findings showed that the research model had a good fit and the values of the coefficient of determination for the social capital variable, the strategies variable, and the outcome variable were 0.527, 0.875, and 0.563, respectively. The results showed that the government has a great role in promoting social capital in governmental organizations that can lead to the value creation for society and customers.

If we deem that the organization is an open system and must manage internal and external shocks, we in fact believe that the organization should be resilient; however, there are usually obstacles to achieving this concept. The aim of the present study is to identify the process of the formation of resilience in small and medium organizations through interpretive philosophy, fundamental orientation, qualitative method, and grounded theory approach. The statistical population was comprised of the managers and employees of small and medium companies active in the pharmaceutical industry and the statistical sample was made up of 45 of them. Eighty eight percent of the sample had university education and 51% had postgraduate education. Also, 88% had more than 5 years of work experience. The results showed that the lack of organizational cohesion is the main cause of the creation of a context in which impulses constantly change the direction of the organization and take it out of its original direction. In the present study, this was called vulnerability. In fact, the main reason for the vulnerability of the organization is the lack of cohesion, which can be seen in organizational stress, low productivity, and the loss of growth opportunities. The way out of vulnerability was found to be social capital, because there are ongoing risks inside and outside the organization that must be monitored and managed to achieve resilience. After going through these steps, if social capital is well established and strengthened and intervening factors such as the quality of communication do not negatively affect it, it can be hoped that the organization has reached some kind of depth and tranquility, which is called resilience.

Undoubtedly, one of the important aspects of sustainable development in society is the use of the concept of capital in general and social capital in particular. Although the term “capital” is used primarily in the realm of economics, it has been increasingly accepted in the social sphere in the past two decades such that today it is recognized as one of the important components in development. On the other hand, the discovery, use, and dissemination of popular culture, with the aim of strengthening the collective and historical identities viewed as social capital and achieving sustainable development in the social realm of the country, is one of the missions and duties of cultural figures in society. In the meantime, Satire has a special place as a significant custom within the popular culture due to its reliance on the cultural subconscious of the people and the reproduction of moral values ​​in accordance with the religious and national traditions. This paper has adopted a descriptive-analytical approach and library and document analysis methods to define and explain the status of social capital and to tackle the common definitions in the quip domain, its types, and mystical satire as a prestigious type of satire. Based on the characteristics of this satire type, an attempt has been made to emphasize the importance of its social functions as a part of the mystical spiritual heritage, its importance, its theoretical dimensions, and its systematic relationship with social capital. When facing individual and social abnormalities, the mystical satire (as a type of social capital) is a legacy that has tried to correct, improve, and develop culture and enhance social and religious values of the societies during the history. The ultimate goal of this article is to keep open the way of the critical reflection on the relationship between these two concepts (satire and social capital) in order to reform and develop culture and promote the social and religious values ​​of society.

Knowledge enterprises are the symbols of business development and evolution that can play a key role in resolving the problems of a country and eliminating reliance on foreign countries. The present study aimed to propose a production enhancement model for knowledge enterprises based on the concepts of social capital, and was conducted using a mixed-methods (qualitative-quantitative) approach. In the qualitative phase, the participants were 12 faculty members active in the entrepreneurship and owners of small and medium knowledge enterprises who were selected using the snowball sampling method until theoretical saturation was obtained. In the quantitative phase, 66 managers at small and medium companies in Gilan Province, Iran, were selected as respondents using the convenience sampling method. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data in the qualitative phase, while the data of the quantitative phase was collected by a researcher-made questionnaire. MAXQDA11 was used to analyze the data in the qualitative phase, while data analysis in the quantitative phase was performed using SPSS v.23 and Smart PLS. The findings indicated that that the necessary actions for the production leap in knowledge enterprises could be classified into business, policy and governance, and society and citizen levels. In addition, social capital – as a platform and facilitator of the mentioned actions – was found to have an impact on the production leap in knowledge enterprises in structural, interactive, and functional dimensions.

Buyers must identify and assess the risks of buyer-supplier relationship to reduce risks and dissatisfaction. The purpose of this study is to propose a risk assessment model for buyer-supplier relationships based on social capital, because in additions to benefits, social capital has risks that can reduce the company’s performance. However, no risk assessment model has been proposed for it so far. The method used in this study included three stages. In the first stage, the risk factors and their classification were identified based on library research. Then, after consulting with experts, questionnaires whose validity and reliability had been confirmed were distributed to collect expert opinions through the Delphi method in order to achieve a consensus on the risk factors of social capital in the industrial equipment manufacturing industry. The second step involved determining the importance of risk factors through the risk matrix and then assessing the risk based on the fuzzy expert system using MATLAB software. The output of the risk matrix was ​​entered into the fuzzy expert system and the risk of relationship was calculated by the system so that the decision-making team could make decisions for suppliers whose relationship risk was at an unacceptable level. In the third stage of the research, the model was validated. Comparing the output of the model with the experts' opinions showed that they were similar. Then, we propose that it is possible to assess the risk of relationships based on social capital in the buyer organization without experts and to decide about continuing cooperation with suppliers.