The Effect of Cultural and Social Capital on the Establishment of Knowledge Management at Universities and Presenting the Optimal Model: Islamic Azad Universityes of Tehran

The purpose of this applied descriptive survey was to investigate the effect of cultural and social capital on the establishment of knowledge management at Islamic Azad University in Tehran and provide a theoretical optimal model. The research population included all managers and personnel at Islamic Azad universityes of Tehran from whom a stratified sample of 384 was selected according to Cochran formula. The research data were collected employing the Bourdieu Cultural Capital Questionnaire, Nahapit and Kouchal social capital inventory and Ebrahimi Knowledge Management Deployment Questionnaire, all of which had already been validated by experts. The instruments were piloted and their reliability measures computed via Cronbach's alpha were found at acceptable levels of 0.87 for social capital questionnaire, 0.88 for social capital, and 0.91 for knowledge management deployment questionnaire. The research data obtained were analyzed using regression and confirmatory factor analysis. The analytical results displayed that the components of social capital and cultural capital were significantly and positively correlated with and had significant effects on all aspects of the establishment of knowledge management at Islamic Azad University.