Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 MA of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Electronict Branch, Salami Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Professor, Department of Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract

Introduction
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship of social capital and quality of work life with job performance and work engagement in employees of an oil and gas company.
 
Method
The present study was descriptive-correlational research and is theoretical-applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population included all of the employees in an oil and gas company during 2019-2020. The sample of the study included 250 employees, who selected by simple random sampling method. The Questionnaires of Organizational Social Capital, Work Engagement, Quality of Work Life, and Job Performance were used as research instrument. Canonical correlation and stepwise multiple regression were used for data analysis.
Results
The results showed that social capital has a positive significant correlation with job performance and work engagement. Also, the quality of work life had a positive significant correlation with job performance and work engagement. The results of the regression analysis showed that social capital and quality of work life predict employees' job performance with R2=0.11. Also, the results showed that social capital and quality of work life can predict the work engagement of employees with R2=0.21.
 
Discussion
Based on the results of the study, social capital and quality of work life are correlated with employees' performance and work engagement. Therefore, managers of organization can improve the work engagement and job performance of employees by implementing appropriate interventions to improve the variables of social capital and quality of working life.

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