Analyzing the Relationship between Intellectual Capital and Organizational Performance: A Study of Selected Private Banks in Kurdistan

Authors

  • Ary Adil Hameed Ministry of Higher Education in Kurdistan Region, Erbil, Iraq
  • Kofand Anwar Business Administration, Lebanese French University, Erbil, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v4i4p39

Keywords:

Intellectual capital, Kurdistan, Organizational performance, Private Banks

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the relationship between intellectual capital and organizational performances in selected private banks in Erbil. This research is applied an adopted questionnaire to measure and assess the mentioned relationship. The sample size is 144 persons who were chosen through random sampling technique. According to findings of empirical analysis, it is demonstrated that there is a significant and positive relationship between intellectual capital and selected private banks in Erbil. The results revealed that the highest value was for the relation between structural capital as intellectual capital dimension with organizational performance, and it was found that structural capital has significantly predicted organizational performance (P-value = .000 and the value β = 0.378, as a result it can be concluded that structural capital will have a direct relationship organizational performance. It is followed by relational capital as intellectual capital dimension with organizational performance, it was found that relational capital has significantly predicted organizational performance (P-value = .000 and the value β = 0.363, as a result it can be concluded that relational capital will have a direct relationship organizational performance, and finally the lowest value was for human capital as intellectual capital dimension and its relationship with organizational performance, moreover it was found that human capital has significantly predicted organizational performance (P-value = .000 and the value β = 0.186, as a result it can be concluded that human capital will have a direct relationship organizational performance.

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01.06.2018

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Hameed, A. A., & Anwar, K. (2018). Analyzing the Relationship between Intellectual Capital and Organizational Performance: A Study of Selected Private Banks in Kurdistan. International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies, 4(4), 39-52. https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v4i4p39

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