Investigating the Effect of Social Capital on Work Ethics in Organizations (Case Study: Varamin City Organizations)

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of social capital on work ethics in organizations. Using theories in the field of work ethics and social capital, including Putnam, Coleman, Fukuyama, and Cadozier, the problem was described and explained. The research method was a quantitative survey type and the statistical population included education, hospital, and municipal employees, of which 384 people were studied as the sample size from the total statistical population. The measurement tool in this study was a standard questionnaire that had acceptable reliability and validity. Descriptive findings show that the three dimensions of social capital, trust, cooperation, and participation, were high, and work ethics were high. Also, the findings of the inferential section show that there is a significant relationship between the three dimensions of social capital and work ethics, and the variables of participation, cooperation, and trust have the greatest impact on work ethics, respectively, and finally the coefficient of determination (R^2=186) shows that about 19 percent of the changes in the dependent variable are due to the combination of the three dimensions of social capital.