Farnaz Nazerzadeh; Marzieh Moosavi; Hamideh Arakhi
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Abstract The present paper aims to study the relationship between intellectual property rights and social capital of author-professors of Iran. A number of hypotheses were developed and theoretical relationship among variables were established based on the theories of Putnam, Coleman, and Fukuyama as ...
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Abstract The present paper aims to study the relationship between intellectual property rights and social capital of author-professors of Iran. A number of hypotheses were developed and theoretical relationship among variables were established based on the theories of Putnam, Coleman, and Fukuyama as well as institutional and synergy views. The study population consisted of 310 AlzahraUniversity faculty members who had authored books, of whom 95 professors were selected as the sample of the study using simple random sampling. Likert scale was used to measure the variable of social capital, which consisted of the following components: trust in scientific environment, participation in scientific environment, expectations and commitments in scientific environment, and scientific interactions in the social network of authors. The components used in the measurement of intellectual property rights variable consisted of the existence of copyright law, authors’ awareness of the provisions of the copyright law, author's attitude towards the copyright law, and abuse of authors’ works. The results confirmed the primary hypothesis of the research, meaning that there is a positive relationship between intellectual property rights and social capital of author-professors with regards to authorship. Moreover, there is a significant relationship between the components of intellectual property rights and social capital of professors with regards to authorship.
