Meta-analysis of antecedents and consequences of social capital in organizations

In recent decades, Social capital is one of the issues that has an important place among researches, and arises due to several factors and affects important organizational results in organizations. This research has been done with using a meta-analysis method and with the aim of quantitative compilation of the results of previous researches on the affecting factors on Social Capital management and its Consequences in Iran. Comprehensive meta-analysis software has been used for analyzing the data. In this study, were selected 83 studies and were identified 20 independnt and 35 dependnt different variables from these studies. The results of Meta-Analysis study about social capital in organizations showed that the variables of Human Capital, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Ethical Intelligence, Organizational Strategies, Organizational Justice, Social Networks, Organizational Intelligence, Vertical Communications, Transformational Leadership, and Social Responsibility had the most effect on the formation and exacerbation of Social Capital in the organizations. Also, the results of this study showed that Social Capital affects important organizational variables such as Organizational Health, Participation, Organizational Success, Organizational Excellence, Quality of Life, Job Satisfaction, Team Effectiveness, Knowledge Management, Talent Management, Accountability, Performance Improvement, Customerisation, Organizational Learning, Intellectual Capital, Value Creation, Recovery and Happiness, Organizational Commitment.