SOCIAL CAPITAL AND WORK PERFORMANCE OF DOCTORS

Author(s) : Khalid Mahmood Asim, Dr. Babak Mahmood, Mohammad Iqbal

Abstract:

Social capital is important to study the work performance of employees in any field. The purpose of this study was to study the relationship between social capital and work performance and to examine the effects of social capital on work performance. The data was collected from 105 respondents residing in the targeted population on the basis of convenience sampling. Sample was gathered from different hospitals of Sargodha. Basically, this study was descriptive in nature. Structured questionnaire was used that vigilantly taking into account all the suggestions gathered during pretesting. Hypotheses were consisted of variables; social networking-work performance, peer relations-work performance, interaction-work performance and teamwork- work performance. The results showed a positive association of work performance with social networking, interaction and teamwork. Peer relations were not found significantly associated with work performance.