THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL CAPITAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF SPORT AND YOUTH MINISTRY STAFF

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between social capital and organizational performance of Sports and Youth Ministry staff. Given the apparent size of population (666 individuals), 180 individuals were participated as sample of this study. Data was collected using standard questionnaire of social capital and organizational performance with Cronbach's alpha of 0.93 and 0.86. Data was analyzed using Pearson correlation. The findings revealed that the social capital had a significant positive effect on organizational performance of the Sports and Youth ministry staff, also there was a significant and positive relationship between the components of intellectual capital and organizational performance (trust (0.45), net (0.48), cooperation (0.46), relationships (0.43), values (0.49), mutual understanding (0.47), commitment (0.45). The increasing of social capital that can be considered as one of the assets and liabilities of the organization helped to increase the organizational performance.