The effects of social capital and psychological resilience on employees' positive work attitudes. (2nd April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jahanshahi, Asghar Afshar; Maghsoudi, Tahereh; Nawaser, Khaled
• Is Part Of: International journal of human resources development and management. Volume 20:Number 3/4(2020)
• Page Start: 231
• Page End: 251
• Publication Date: 2020-04-02
• Subjects: psychological resilience -- social capital -- positive work attitudes of employees -- goal achievement -- Iran; Human capital -- Periodicals; Labor -- Periodicals; Labor economics -- Periodicals; 331.05
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1465-6612

Abstract

This study analyses the antecedents and consequence of employees' psychological resilience (PR) in the workplace. We first examined the three dimensions of the effects of social capital (structural, relational and cognitive) on employees' PR. Then, we tested the effects of PR on employees' positive work attitudes. A cross-sectional survey data from 204 employees working in an Iranian state-owned organisation supports the positive effects of three dimensions of employees' social capital on their psychological resilience. We also found that PR contributes to increasing positive work attitudes toward the achievement of organisational goals among employees.