Presenting a model of the effect of social capital and intellectual capital of educators and trainers of Mazandaran Agricultural Research and Training Center on their educational performance

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 phD student, Department of Educational Management, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Management, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Management, Islamic Azad University, Sari Branch, Sari, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to present a model of the effect of social capital and intellectual capital of educators and teachers of Mazandaran Agricultural Research and Training Center in their educational performance The research method was applied in terms of the purpose of the mixed data type of exploratory type. The statistical population also includes all educators and trainers of Mazandaran Agricultural Research and Training Center, 122 people, of which, using Cochran's formula, 95 people were selected as a statistical sample using simple random sampling method. In order to collect data, the method of documentary and library study, search through electronic resources, interviews and standard social capital questionnaires based on Nahapit and Goshal model (1998) and intellectual capital based on Bontis-Holland model (2002) and a researcher-made questionnaire of teachers and teachers have been used. SPSS16 and Smart PLS statistical software were used for data analysis. The significance of the questions and the relationships between the variables were shown by examining the fit of measurement models, structural and fit of the general model. Also, using t-test, the effect of independent variables on the dependent variable was determined.. The results showed that social capital and intellectual capital were significantly related to and influenced by the educational performance of educators and teachers of Mazandaran Agricultural Research and Education Center. The results also showed that the intellectual capital of educators and teachers plays a mediating role in the effect of social capital on their educational performance.

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