PREDICTION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL BASED ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AT DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION IN TEHRAN

The main objective of this study is to investigate the correlation between the social capital and organizational learning departments of education in Tehran City. The research has descriptive method. The statistical population of this study consists of 1900 managers, experts, and also the staff departments of education in Tehran during 2013-14. 400 ones are selected by simple random sampling as the samples according to Morgan Table. Nahapiet and Ghoshal's social capital questionnaire (1998) and Watkins & Marsick's organizational learning questionnaire (2002) are the measurement tools which are implemented on staff, managers and experts. To determine the validity of measurement tools, the questionnaires are given to advisor and supervisor professors and two professors in educational administration field and these questionnaires are confirmed in all cases. The reliability of these questionnaires is measured by Cronbach's alpha and its coefficient is found equal to 0.98 for social capital and 0.99 for organizational learning. The data is analyzed at both descriptive and inferential statistics and the results of data analysis indicate that: There is a significant positive correlation between the social capital and organizational learning. There is a significant positive correlation between the dimensions of social capital and organizational learning. The regression equation is as follows: Organizational learning= -15.151+ (1.909) Social capital Thus, the regression equation is as follows: Organizational Learning= -11.662+ (1.73) relational capital+ (6.68) cognitive capital