After post-publication investigation, it was found that the original paper displays inaccurate information about the methodology employed for the study. Namely, Cronbach's alpha tests were not reported for every construct and the adaptations of the questionnaire were not reported clearly. Additionally, more comprehensive literature justifications for the job security aspects and clearer study hypotheses were deemed needed.
The revised literature justification for the job security aspects complementing the Literature review section is the following:
“Job security means the possibility of being secured in the current job; or that there is a little possibility of losing her or his job [1]. In the other words, worker's expectation of the continuity and stability of their job [2]. Also, job security can be defined a worker's psychological state that can make them feel relief and free from mental stress and tension. The lack of feeling of job security among employees can affect their job performance and consequently the efficiency of the organization Aishwarya, 2021. on the one hand, high social capital in the sense of greater social cohesion with environmental social relations ca help people to find a job and maintain it [3]; and on the other hand, the feeling of job security can increase job satisfaction [4], motivate workers to be active in their work environment, and improve the social capital of companies and organization [5]. In this regard, Andinda [6] concluded that job security is predictor of social capital and work commitment.”
The hypotheses of the study complementing the Literature review section are the following:
“Therefore, it was hypothesized that.
Hypothesis 1
The five components of social capital have suitable priorities.
Hypothesis 2
The independent variables are stronger predictors of CEOs' social capital.”
The revised description of the Cronbach's alpha tests complementing the Methodology section is the following:
“After the pilot study was conducted and the reliability of the questionnaire's scales was measured, Cronbach's alpha was obtained at > 0.7 (social capital = 0.781, investment = 0.811, cooperation = 0.866, media = 0.765, job security = 0.809, risk-taking = 0.859, and motivation = 0.854) for all scales, reflecting the reliability of the research instrument.”
The revised description of the adaptations of the questionnaire complementing the Methodology section is the following:
“After measuring the questionnaire's reliability in a pilot study, some items were eliminated based on Cronbach's alpha, and a shorter form of the social capital questionnaire was employed in the survey. The items “Do you help out a local group as a volunteer?”, “In the past 3 years, have you ever joined a local community action to deal with an emergency?”, “Have you ever picked up other people's rubbish in a public place?”, and “If you disagree with what everyone else agreed on, would you feel free to speak out?” were eliminated in the questionnaire. Such an approach is quite customary in social science research, so standard questionnaires are changed after measurement in various cultural and social contexts to generate questionnaires oriented to the target community. Therefore, after the pilot study was conducted and Cronbach's alpha was measured, the acquired questionnaire was used in the field survey.”
The authors apologize for any inconvenience these errors may have caused and wish to assure their commitment to upholding the integrity and accuracy of the research findings. The conclusions of the article remain valid and are not affected by these mistakes.
Declaration of competing interest
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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