investigate and explanation relationship between social capital and organizational excellence

the aim of this study was to investigate relationship between social capital and organizational excellence. initially, about excellence, history and the concept of social capital and its components are described. then, the organizational approach to social capital was examined and the impact of social capital on organizational performance was evaluated. on the basis of the conceptual model, the questionnaire for the measurements of the variables was composed. the statistic society of this research is higher education institutes in mashhad. 154 questionnaires were gathered. spss16 and lisrel8.5software were used for statistical analysis of data. the conceptual research model was approved by factor analysis, path analysis and structural equation. we can conclude that the relationship between social capital and organizational excellence is direct, positive and significant. and according to the values of the fit, model had an acceptable fit.