Faculty Member`s Social capital of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

• Main Authors: Jahangir Karimian, Taghi Agha Hosseini, SayedMorteza Mousavi Nafchi
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Vesnu Publications 2014-09-01
• Series: مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت
• Subjects: Social Capital; Faculty Members; Universities
• Online Access: http://him.mui.ac.ir/index.php/him/article/view/1392

Introduction: the rate of a society`s social capital is doubtless the resultant of the small group`s social capitals which is different among groups of the society. By taking into consideration the people`s knowledge and attitude and also the society`s investment on them, it is expected that groups with different jobs and professions gain benefit different levels of this social variable. The objective of the present study is to analyze the quality and the level of social capital and its factors in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This is an applied and descriptive research which its statistical population includes all faculty members of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (on 2013-2014) which were 670 members. After an introductory study, the sample size was calculated by the use of the Cochran formula as150 members. They have been selected by taking the gender and college variables into consideration based on systematic random sampling and. In order to measure the social capital, the researcher developed questionnaire and Social Capital Assessment Tool Model have been used. Its content and facial validityhas been confirmed by eight expertise majoring sociology and management science. The earned reliability is 94/0. The Analysisof the research`s data has done in two levels of descriptive statistics, include frequency, percentages, tables, and figures) and inferential level include independent and single sample t-test and F-test. Results: results have shown that the social capital of the faculty members is equal with 3.44 which are more than the mean. Also, “attitude” with the mean of 3.82is having the highest level of social capital from among the seven factors of social capital. Also, there is a significant relationship between faculty member`s social capital based on gender, specialty, academic level, and college variables. Conclusion: it is impossible to consider the faculty member activities without taking their social status based on society, policies, and economical condition into consideration. Therefor boosting the social capital effectiveness in all university professors` activities is possible. This action can be done either through having an internal relationship like trust, attitude, and social relationship or by including social status positions for faculty members, and having macro planning for such positions.