A case Study of the relationship between social capital and organizational identity in Medical Sciences University, Shahid Bahonar University, and Islamic Azad University of Kerman, Iran

This study aims to examine the relationship between social capital and organizational identity in Universities of Medical Sciences, Shahid Bahonar and Islamic Azad University of Kerman with a descriptive correlation method. The research population was all faculty members of the University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University and Islamic Azad University of Kerman comprising 850 people. Then by using the Cochran's formula (1994) and stratifies random sampling proportional to size, 256 individuals were selected to participate in the study. Data collection tools were the Nahapit and Ghoshal (1998) social capital standard questionnaire and the Annette (2006) organizational identity questionnaire. To study the formal validity of both questionnaires, supervisor and faculty advisors' ideas and many subject specialists' comments were used. The reliability of the questionnaire using Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the social capital questionnaire was 0/82 and for organizational Identity Questionnaire was 0/85. For the analysis, descriptive statistics including frequency, mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics including Pearson correlation coefficient, univariate t, ANOVA test and post hoc test were used. Results showed that there is a significant difference between social capital dimensions including structural, communicational and cognitive dimensions and organizational identity. Results of step by step regression showed that at the first step, structural dimension was the best estimator of organizational identity and at the second step were structural and relational dimension. Accordingly at the first step the relational dimension coefficient was 57/6% of the organizational identity variance and at the second step the communicational and structural dimension were 64/7% of the organizational identity variance. The amounts of social capital and organizational identity in all three universities were lower than the average level. Between the obtained scores of social capital and organizational identity in terms of gender, age, educational level, years of service and employment status of the respondents, there were no significant differences. [Badri ShahTalebi, Zinat Ravangard and Mohammad Ali Nadi. A case Study of the relationship between social capital and organizational identity in Medical Sciences University, Shahid Bahonar University, and Islamic Azad University of Kerman, Iran. Life Sci J 2012;9(4):5641-5651] (ISSN: 1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 840