Predicting innovation in personnel of youth intellectual training center based on social capital

The purpose of the present research is predicting innovation components in personnel of youth intellectual training centerby social capital. The research method is descriptive of the type of correlation. The study population were the whole 195 personnel of Esfahan youth intellectual training center. The sample volume by using the kerjcie and Morgan table sampling (1970), 130 employees were selected by cluster random sampling. For gathering data, social capital questionnaire of Nahapit and Ghoshal (1998) and Dorabjee innovation (1998) were used. Thevalidityof the questionnaires was proved by clear-sighted professors of management major. The reliability of the questionnaires using Cronbach's alpha coefficientwhich were 0.79 and 0.93. The research results showed that amongst social capital components, the best predictive one for organizational innovation at first step is structural dimension and at the second step in addition to structural is cognitive dimension. There was no meaningful difference between personnel's ideas about social capital and organizational innovation by considering demographic factors (sex, age, academic education and years of work).