Modern Studies in Management and Organization

Modern Studies in Management and Organization

The Effect of Social Capital on Organizational Innovation with the Mediating Role of Job Motivation in Rural Cooperatives of Mazandaran Province

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Associate Professor, Department of Management, Shomal University, Amol, Iran
2 Master's degree, Shomal University, Amol, Iran
Abstract
This research aims to investigate the effect of social capital on organizational innovation with the mediating role of job motivation in rural cooperatives of Mazandaran province. This research is in the field of applied research in terms of its purpose. The statistical population of this research includes all employees of rural cooperatives of Mazandaran province. The sample size was determined according to the Krejci and Morgan table of 246 and the research sampling method was simple random. Standard questionnaires related to social capital, organizational innovation, and job attitude were used to collect data. The results of the research show that there is a significant relationship between social capital and organizational innovation and its impact coefficient is 0.382. Social capital has an impact on job motivation and its impact coefficient is 0.489 and job motivation has a positive and significant effect on organizational innovation in cooperative organizations and its coefficient is 0.397. Also, the Sobel test was used to measure the effect of the mediating role of the job motivation variable and the results indicate the mediating role of job motivation.
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  • Receive Date 21 May 2024
  • Revise Date 24 May 2024
  • Accept Date 15 September 2024
  • Publish Date 20 September 2024