Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Intellectual Capital

Khodayar Abili and Mahyar Abili
Timberlake, S., (2005), “Social capital and gender in workplace”, Journal <strong>of</strong> Management Development, Vol. 24,
No. 1, pp 34-44
7. Appendix 1: Organizational social capital assessment questionnaire
Dear Participant:
This is a questionnaire used for a survey on “Assessing organizational social capital <strong>of</strong> knowledgebased
SMEs in Iran”. This study is aimed to measure <strong>the</strong> extent to which trust, sympathy, cooperation
and shared values exist in selected Iranian SMEs. Your cooperation with this study will help
researcher to collect <strong>the</strong> data needed for answering research questions and to come up with some
recommendations on how to improve social capital in Iranian SMEs. In advance, I appreciate your
participation and sincere responses.
Best wishes,
Khodayar Abili, PhD
Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Higher Education
Faculty <strong>of</strong> Psychology and Education
The University <strong>of</strong> Tehran
abili@ut.ac.ir
abili_hrm@yahoo.com
Organizational information Respondent information
Name <strong>of</strong> organization: Length <strong>of</strong> employment:
Type <strong>of</strong> production/service: Educational background:
Gender:
In this organization:
Number
statements
1 There are shared goals and values among
employees
.
2 Employees can trust <strong>the</strong>ir colleagues when needed
.
3 Employees combine information, ideas and o<strong>the</strong>r
sources to perform <strong>the</strong>ir duties.
4 Employees consider <strong>the</strong>mselves as members <strong>of</strong> a
shared and large family.
5 Employees follow organizational goals and missions
very willingly.
6 There is team-work morale among employees.
7 Employees respect each o<strong>the</strong>r’s feelings.
8 Employees trust each o<strong>the</strong>r.
9 Employees criticize each o<strong>the</strong>r in a healthy and
constructive way.
22
Position:
disagree
somewhat
disagree
somewhat
agree
agree