The role of social capital in promoting proactive behavior

    An analytical study on a sample of Employees in Baghdad Soft open in drinks

A Thesis Submitted to

The Board of College of Administration and Economics/ University of Karbala in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master in business management science

By

Adel Wali Ibrahim AL-delfi

Supervised by

Professor Dr. Miethaq Hatif Abdul Al Sada Al-Fatlawi 

The study seeking to determine the nature of the relationship between social
capital and the proactive behavior of a sample of individuals working in the
Baghdad Company for Soft Drinks, and based on a problem that included two
directions, the first of which discusses the intellectual debate and the knowledge
gap that formed a motivation for the researcher to engage in it, while the second
direction focused on the most important problems diagnosed in Baghdad Soft
Drinks Company To achieve this, was used as (110) questionnaires were
distributed, the number of questionnaires valid for analysis reached (103). A set
of questions was formulated that reflect in its features the researcher’s
perceptions about the problem (How can social capital affect the proactive work
behavior of the company under study?) and then set goals that determine the
field of scientific targeting of that problem that is (Clarifying the availability of
social capital dimensions in the Baghdad Company for Soft Drinks, the study
sample). A set of hypotheses were developed for the purpose of field testing
(There is a significant effect of social capital on the proactive work behavior in
the researched company) for the social capital variable and the dimensions
(assuming responsibility, employee voice, individual innovation, and problem
prevention) for the proactive behavior variable.
A set of statistical methods were used, the most important of which is the
structural equation modeling in the direct and multivariate impact test. The study
came out with a set of conclusions, including that the availability of the social
capital variable with its dimensions (structural, cognitive, and relational) leads to
enhancing the level of proactive behavior in the Baghdad soft drink Company.
Keywords: – Social capital, proactive behavior, Baghdad Soft Drinks Company