Title: The effects of social capital and psychological resilience on employees' positive work attitudes

Authors: Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Tahereh Maghsoudi; Khaled Nawaser

Addresses: CENTRUM Católica Graduate Business School (CCGBS), Lima 15023, Peru; Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Lima 15023, Peru ' Department of Business Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43205, Reus, Spain ' University of Applied Science and Technology, Khuzestan, Ahwaz, 61976-56883, Iran

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.

Keywords: psychological resilience; social capital; positive work attitudes of employees; goal achievement; Iran.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHRDM.2020.107956

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, 2020 Vol.20 No.3/4, pp.231 - 251

Received: 11 Jan 2018
Accepted: 19 Oct 2018
Published online: 01 Jul 2020 *

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