Investigation of Relationship between Social Capital and Intra-Organizational Entrepreneurship: Case Study of Industrial Towns in Bushehr Province

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between social capital and intra-organizational entrepreneurship. In this regard, the influencing factors were extracted by literature review and based on literature, a questionnaire was developed. The data was collected from staffs and managers of industrial firms in special economic zones of Bushehr. Sampling method was multi-stage cluster sampling that is calculated by using Morgan table and a sample of 200 was determined. In this research, two questionnaires of social capital and organizational entrepreneurship were used. The results by using the t test, Pearson correlation and multiple regression suggest that there is a significant relationship between cognitive and structural social capital in the industrial town of Bushehr at level of a=0.001, and with the growth of social capital, intra-organizational entrepreneurship increases. Also between Entrepreneurial firms and the mean industrial city of Bushehr Special Economic Zone significant differences were reported