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The Role of Social Capital in Empowering Individuals for Social Development
Lana Kawa Taib, Aram Ibrahim Hussein
The aim of the current study is to understand the role of social capital in empowering individuals for social development. In this study, the descriptive method was employed. Erbil city is a research community and stratified random sampling was used to collect a sample of 384 individuals. A questionnaire consisting of three main sections was used to gather data from the study sample: 1) general information (gender, age, and economic status), 2) a social capital measure consisting of three dimensions (structural, communication, and cognitive), and 3) a measure of individual empowerment for social development, which consists of four dimensions (self-efficacy, social participation, internalization of values, and institutionalization). The most important results of the study were: Social capital was high in the structural and communication dimensions, but the cognitive dimension was low, indicating lack of social homogeneity. Individual empowerment is high across all four dimensions (self-efficacy, participation, internalization of social development values, and institutionalization). Regarding demographic variables, economic status had a prominent impact, in a way individuals with good economic standing exhibiting the highest levels of social capital and empowerment. Furthermore, regarding the effect of the variables on each other, social capital had a positive and strong impact on individual empowerment. Based on the results of the study, it is suggested that governments and organizations should plan to strengthen social capital, particularly in the cognitive dimension, which is carried out through activities such as festivals and conferences. Supporting low-income people via financial assistance and job opportunities. Also, developing integrated programs for all dimensions of social capital (structural, communication, and cognitive).
Volume 13 · Issue 1 · March 2026The Role of Strategic Agility in Organizational Sustainability
Ismail Mahmoud Younis, Zana Majed Sadq, Amer Abdulla Majid Othman
The objective of this research is to investigate how strategic agility, as embodied by its three dimensions (opportunity exploration, opportunity exploitation, and structural agility) can support organizational sustainability, which is mirrored in its economic, social, and environmental dimensions. The research issue stems from the inadequate comprehension and implementation of strategic agility and its role in attaining organizational sustainability in Erbil's private universities. The study's entire framework is centered on determining the central research topic, which poses important queries regarding the nature of the connection and its consequences between organizational sustainability and strategic agility. A conceptual model created to answer these concerns, and it has two hypotheses that have been examined using the proper statistical methods. Using a pre-made questionnaire, the study collected primary data using a descriptive analytical methodology. All of the faculty members from eight carefully chosen private universities in Erbil made up the study population. 375 of the 410 surveys that were sent were returned, and 356 of those were judged suitable for statistical examination. To evaluate the suggested hypotheses, data were analyzed using AMOS (Version 24) and SPSS (Version 24). At both the overall and dimensional levels, the statistical findings showed important effects and significant positive correlations between organizational sustainability and strategic agility. The study suggests implementing strategic agility as a crucial strategic technique to improve organizational sustainability in private colleges in light of these findings.