Investigating the Relationship between Cultural Capital and between- Person Trusts (Case Study: Government University of ILAM)

There are many kinds of exchangeable capital sin the world. This study aims to investigate the relationship between cultural capital and between- person trusts as the main variable of social capital. By examining the relationship between interpersonal trust and cultural capital, it is possible to promote the culture of trust – making among the various groups and increase the congruence of knowledge – based organizations and universities. From the goal perspective, this is a theoretical study and from data – gathering perspective, this is a descriptive – measurable study. Data was analyzed by use of SPSS 19 and lisrel 8/53 soft wares. The population included 462 employees of government university of ilam among whom 353 ones were selected as the sample using Kerjsi – Morgan's table. Findings: Bourdieu argues that cultural capital includes 3 dimensions: embodied dimension, factual dimension and basic dimension. In this regard, there are four hypotheses showing that there is a meaningful and positive relationship between the three dimensions and between- person trusts. The degrees of Cronbach's α relative to the three dimensions are respectively %74, %92 and %83. The R – values relative to the dimensions are %59, %66 and %54. Moreover, the degree of total relationship between cultural capital and between- person trusts is %63.

Embodied cultural capital, Factual cultural capital, Basic cultural capital, between- person trusts.