2019
DOI: 10.12775/cjfa.2019.004
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The Effect of Social Capital on Operational Performance: Research in Banking Sector in Erbil

Abstract: Social capital as a field of study has grown with many contributions from different fields. Yet, the gap within the literature regarding different contexts has inspired researchers to look for further explanations about social capital and its dimensions. Therefore, this paper aims to provide insight into the impact of social capital as a specific factor to develop commercial banks' operational performance in Erbil City, Iraq. To achieve this, a quantitative research is carried out, findings pointing to positiv… Show more

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“…These findings are consistent with the existing literature that demonstrated the positive role of human capital in enhancing commercial banks' performance compared with intellectual capital development [29,30]. The results are in good agreement with several reported works displaying the evidence of a noteworthy link between structural capital and innovation performance [47,71,[114][115][116][117].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…These findings are consistent with the existing literature that demonstrated the positive role of human capital in enhancing commercial banks' performance compared with intellectual capital development [29,30]. The results are in good agreement with several reported works displaying the evidence of a noteworthy link between structural capital and innovation performance [47,71,[114][115][116][117].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…Social capital requires a certain level of trust [73]. The authors of [38] emphasised that the trust of employees is the major mediating factor directly related to their inclination to share vital and tacit knowledge.…”
Section: Trust and Social Capitalmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Relational capital presents the interpersonal relationship based on commitment, trust and respect between suppliers, government employees, customers and stakeholders [47]. Firms innovate or increase their performance after implementing solutions used by other organisations or after combining their existing knowledge with external and accessible resources [73]. Previous studies have illustrated that inter-organisational relationships offer numerous opportunities for an organisation to seek external knowledge resources and combine them with the existing knowledge resources [110].…”
Section: Relational Capital and Innovation Performancementioning
confidence: 99%
“…It was acknowledged that social capital is an essential element for the innovation performance of an organization (Asiaei et al 2020). Stable networks and healthy professional relationships can lead to higher levels of trust and goal accomplishment among members of the organizations, exhibiting a direct/positive relationship between their performance and sales growth (Hamad et al 2019). Often, the internal and external collaborations and information exchanges across the social networks are essential in order to incorporate and synthesize the knowledge of the employees (Tseng et al 2015).…”
Section: Social Capitalmentioning
confidence: 99%