A model for increasing innovation through social capital and organizational learning capability

This study examined the relationship between social capital and organizational learning capability with innovation of employees at Isfahan youth intellectual training center. The method of the study was causal correlation and structural equation modeling. The study population was 195 staffof Isfahan youth intellectual training center. In order to achieve the research objectives, by using the krejcie and Morgan table sampling (1970), 130 employees were selected by cluster random sampling. The Measurement tool used for the study comprised inventories for social capital by Nahapit&Ghoshal (1998), organization learning capability by Chiva et al (2007) and innovation by Dorabjee (1998). The results showed positive relation among social capital and components of social capital with innovation and also among organization learning capability and components of organization learning capability with innovation. Results of structural equation modeling showed that the social capital had direct impact on organizational learning capability and had indirect impact on innovation, and organizational learning capability was the mediator related to social capital and innovation.