The Influence of Organization Social Capital on Strategic Performance in Role of Technological Uncertainly in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industries Iran

Nima Khodakarami¹, Tarlan Razaghi¹, Mohammad Rezvanifar² & Mohammad Hajimolaali^3*

¹Department of Management, Faculty of Administration Management, Semnan Azad University, Iran
²CEO and Managing Director of Tamin Pharmaceutical Investment Company,1966913481, Tehran, Iran
³Department of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, Tamin Pharmaceutical Investment Company, Tehran, Iran

Mohammad Hajimolaali, Department of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, Tamin Pharmaceutical Investment Company, 1966913481, Tehran, Iran.

Keywords: Social Capital; Cognitive Capital; Strategic Performance; Technological Uncertainty

Abstract

Background
In the past, social capital was not considered as a necessary quality for organizations but nowadays, due to fast environmental changes, growing need to information and education, essential needs for creativity and innovation, continuous progress, change to the design of a flat and flexible organizational structure, close connection between organization and customer networks, suppliers and competitors, social capital is considered as an organizational quality by leaders of organizations.
Objectives
Since the present world became a competitive world and the importance of social capital in the strategic performance of companies, this research has been carried out to investigate the effect of each component of social capital on strategic performance regarding moderator role of uncertainties of technology.
Method
The present research is descriptive-analytic study. The research community is the pharmaceutical companies in Tehran that selected randomly.
Results
Finally, research hypothesis was examined by using the structural equation model in the PLS software and it was determined that all dimensions of social capital (cognitive capital, relational capital and structural capital) have effect upon strategic performance however technology has not had a moderating role in this regard and failed to enhance the impact of the dimensions of social capital on strategic performance.

This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (CC BY 4.0).