Investigating the Relationship between Different Aspects of Social Capital with Career Success of Asia Insurance Agents

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between social capital and career success of Asia Insurance Agents in Esfahan in 2015. Therefore, it is applicable and a cross-correlation method. Population of this survey is all Asia insurance agents consists of 120 people. Census sampling was used to predict the size of the sample. Standardized questionnaire of social capital is considered as the tool which measures three aspects of structural, relational and cognitive capital and the questionnaire measures career success. Content and formal methods were applied to determine the validity of the questionnaire. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.98 which indicates good reliability of measurement tools. Data analysis was performed in both descriptive and inferential forms by using SPSS software. Statistical characteristics such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation in descriptive form and t-test and analysis of variance test in inferential form fit to data were used. Each hypothesis and the result were analyzed separately. The results showed a meaningful and positive relationship between all the elements of social capital and career success of the agents.