Investigating the effect of social intelligence on social trust and social isolation

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD in human resource management, faculty member of Technical and Vocational University, Qom Technical and Vocational College, Qom, Iran.

2 Master of Business Administration, Department of Management, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran.

3 PhD in Business Administration, Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, Management and Accounting, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.

4 Bachelor of Accounting, Department of Accounting, Athar Arak Technical and Vocational University, Arak, Iran.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of social intelligence on social trust and social isolation. The research method is descriptive-survey and the statistical population includes the field of accounting of Athar Arak Technical and Vocational College, which was selected as a sample due to the small size of the statistical population. A questionnaire was used to collect the required information. In this study, instrumental validity has been used to determine the validity of the questionnaire and Cronbach's alpha method with a reliability of 0.738 has been used to determine validity and reliability. Analysis and data were performed through independent testing and structural equation modeling with SPSS and Smart-PLS software. Showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between social intelligence and social trust. While the results show a negative and significant relationship between social intelligence and social isolation.

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