Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Social Sciences Faculty, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 M.A of Social Planning Welfare, Social Sciences Faculty, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Social capital has become an important subject in recent decade and is seriously considered in the physical and human capital, moreover, this complex, multi-faceted concept is one of the most important dynamic elements of social, cultural, economic concept in any society, organization and institution. In addition, one of the most important criteria to measure the degree of development of a country is the significance of women role as half of the population. Thus, the main purpose of this research is to study social capital among employed women. The method of research was survey by using questionnaire technique. In order to measure reliability and validity, we used Cronbach's coefficient alpha and two types of validity including face and construct validity. Employed women were selected by random sample in industrial estate in Tehran. Findings have shown that the amount of social capital among these women was average.

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