Authors : Sayed Ali Akbar Ahmadi, Mohammad Ali Sarlak , Musa Mahdavi , Mohammad Reza Daraei and Taghi Vahidi
Abstract: In the current world of business competition, what can assure the success and priority of the companies and organizations among the competitors is talented human resources in an organization, especially in the managerial levels but the challenges which Iranian organizations are faced with is attraction, evaluation, exploration and also development and maintain of talents. The main objective in this research is to analyze the role of social capital in improving the talent management at the Southern Khorasan Electric Energy Distribution Company (SKEDC) in order to find a way for decreasing the challenges and shortages at the aforesaid company and seek for the procedure (s) to enhance the performance of the staff. This research has been prepared in November, 2011 based on the data gathered by a questionnaire from the staff of the SKEDC. The population at the SKEDC is 120 people and according to Morgan table, 92 questionnaires including 28 questions for measuring talent management system and 15 questions for social capital have been analyzed. In addition, the methods of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Average Test Scores have been utilized and subsequently, the research showed that there is a significant relation between the social capital and talent management at the SKEDC and improving the social capital status will lead to the enhancement of the talent management level.
Sayed Ali Akbar Ahmadi, Mohammad Ali Sarlak , Musa Mahdavi , Mohammad Reza Daraei and Taghi Vahidi , 2012. The Role of Social Capital on Improving the Talent Management at the Southern Khorasan Electric Energy Distribution Company (SKEDC). International Business Management, 6: 233-241.