The impact of Social Capital on the Development of Social Entrepreneurship (Case Study: Imam Khomeini Relief Committee Fars Province)

The purpose of this study was the impact of social capital on the development of social entrepreneurship in the Imam Khomeini (RA) Relief Committee of Fars Province.

The research method was applied in terms of its purpose, and descriptive in terms of contextualization. The statistical population included 1434 employees and organizational managers of the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee (RA) in Fars Province. Using Cochran's formula, the sample size was determined to be 303. The sampling method was a random cluster design. The data collection method in the present study was a library, and the measurement tool included a researcher-made questionnaire, whose construct validity was confirmed using the factor analysis method and its reliability value was confirmed through Cronbach's alpha test coefficient. In order to analyze the data, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov K-S test was used for the normality of the research variables and to answer the research questions, regression analysis and structural equations were used using SPSS22 and LISREL software.

The findings showed that 75 social entrepreneurships in the Imam Khomeini (RA) relief committee of Fars province have dimensions and components of social capital which have seven dimensions: 1. Structural, 2. Cognitive, 3. Communication, 4. Normative, 5. micro level, 6. middle level, 7. macro level. It Depends. These dimensions can explain social entrepreneurship which has eighteen dimensions: 1. Agents of change in the social sector, 2. Social mission, 3. Innovation, 4. Adaptation and learning 5. Accountability 6. Entrepreneurial programs 7. Basic principles of entrepreneurship 8. Background factors 9. Policy factors, institutions and legality 10. Factors of self-sufficiency entrepreneurship education 11. Work facility factor 12. Opportunity identification 13. Risk taking 14. Innovative culture 15. Agile structure 16. Social health 17. Altruistic benevolence 18. Network factors. explain and predict

In other words, the elements and components and sub-components of social capital are 75% effective in social entrepreneurship in the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee (RA) of Fars province.