The Impact of Psychological Capital on the Operational Performance of Firms
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The aim of this study is to examine the impact of psychological capital on the operational performance of firmsduring 2008 to 2014. So, the components of psychological capital, including self-confidence, hope, optimism and resilience, and their impact on the operational performance of the subsidiary firms of Parsian Bank were studied. The results obtained from regression analysis of the firms’ data, at the confidence level of .95 and usingthepanel model with fixed effects, suggest that the components of psychological capital have a direct influence on the operational performanceof the subsidiary firms of Parsian Bank.
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