Rahdarpour J, Bagherifard M R. Investigating the Effect of Social Capital on Employee Creativity with the Mediating Role of Knowledge Management. 3 2023; 9 (29)
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Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Islamic Azad University, Zabol branch, Zabol, Iran
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The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of social capital on employee creativity with the mediating role of knowledge management. In terms of the nature of the research, this research is in the category of descriptive-correlational research and in terms of the purpose of the research, it is in the category of applied research. The statistical population of this study is 520 managers and employees of Tehran Social Security Organization. Using Morgan table, the sample size required to study 220 people was obtained. The Knowledge Management Questionnaire from the American Center for Management and Productivity (APQS), the Torrance Employees Creativity Questionnaire, and the Nafapit and Ghoshal (1998) Social Capital Questionnaire were used to collect data. Structural equations and LISREL software were used to evaluate the research model. The results showed that the greatest effect is related to the effect of social capital on knowledge management (0.72). Also, the path coefficient of the relationship between social capital and employee creativity is 0.63. The path coefficient of the relationship between knowledge management and employee creativity is 0.58. The t-statistic is related to the social capital and creativity of employees 3.87, which is higher than the standard value of 1.96. Therefore, there is a significant positive relationship between social capital and employee creativity. Also, t-statistic is related to the mediating effect of knowledge management on the relationship between social capital and employee creativity 4.85, which is also higher than the standard value of 1.96. Therefore, it can be concluded that knowledge management has a mediating effect on the relationship between social capital and employee creativity.
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General Received: 2023/05/5 | Accepted: 2023/03/30 | Published: 2023/03/30