Meta-analysis of factors affecting the increase of social capitalof the police in realizing the goals of Iran’s development vision

Increasing the police social capital is one of the most important human resources of “Faraja”, and via institutionalizing it in the educational process and during police on the-job-training, it is possible to take steps to realize the development goals of the country. Therefore, in this meta-analytical research, the researcher focused on the factors that enhance the police social capital.

The intended method of this research is the meta-analysis of all scientific research and promotional and scientific-specialized quarterly articles published in Iran from 1380 to 1400, which dealt with the topic of police social capital. From among the total of 46 available articles, 27 articles were meta-analyzed and analyzed using target-oriented sampling. The research tool was the meta-analysis checklist, and the second edition of the comprehensive meta-analysis software (CMA2) was used to analyze the data of the selected studies. Also, the descriptive statistics methods used in this research included frequency and frequency percentage; and SPSS24 was used for that purpose. 

The results of the meta-analysis indicated that in the examined studies, 20 indicators were identified as factors effective in increasing social capital. The four main categories included process factors (30%), structural factors (26%), management factors (19%) and relational factors (25%). Also, the results indicated that among the variables affecting the police social capital, the variable of cultural context (0.63); flexible internal organizational structure (0.56); Social trust (0.46), and mobilization of resources and facilities (0.44), respectively had the largest effect size. These were the first three variables that increase the police social capital, and via utilizing them, steps could be taken towards the development and progress of the country and reach one of the most important development goals of the country, i.e. security.

Paying attention to process factors, structural factors, management factors, and relational factors, the police could enhance its social capital. Improving the police social capital has an important role in reducing social insecurity feeling, which can be effective in realizing the goals of Iran’s development vision.