Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• hasan mir ameri ¹
• osman savareh ²
• loghman ebrahimi ³

¹ Associate Professor of Sport Management and Planning, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

² MSc of Sport Management and Planning, Department of Physical Education, Islamic Azad University of Piranshahr, Piranshahr, Iran

³ PhD student counseling - Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between social capital and quality of work life in Sport and Youth general Office of Western Azerbaijan province. This study was correlational carried out as a field. The statistical population consisted of all employees in Sport and Youth general office of Western Azerbaijan province (N=68). The statistical sample equaled the statistical population. To collect data, Social Capital Questionnaire (α=0.85) and Walton’s Quality of Life Work (α=0.95)  were applied. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics (Spearman correlation coefficient, multiple regression) were utilized. The findings showed a positive and significant relationship between social capital and quality of work life (P=0.01, r=0.68). Furthermore, the findings of regression analysis revealed that out of the categories of quality of work life, safe and healthy environment, social dependence on work life, the development of human capabilities, and a fair and sufficient payment could remarkably predict social capital.

Keywords

• Cognitive dimension
• Job satisfaction
• Quality of work life
• Social capital
• structural dimension