The Effect of Intellectual Capital on Job Performance of The Employees of King Khaled University

  • Authors

    • Rawabi Hassan Al-sheri Assistant professor in Applied College, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
    • Engy Ahmed Abdel Ghany Mostafa Assistant professor in Applied College, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
    • Amal Abouzaid Mokhtar Assistant professor in Applied College, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
    • Abeer Bakri Siralkhatim Alhaj Applied College, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
    • Zainab Mohamed Osman Kodai Assistant Professor, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, college of business. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    https://doi.org/10.14419/65hv6377

    Received date: June 4, 2025

    Accepted date: June 30, 2025

    Published date: July 24, 2025

  • Intellectual Capital, Job Performance, Human Capital

  • Abstract

    The main purpose of this research is to examine the effect of intellectual capital on job performance of the employees of King Khaled University. The method of this study was descriptive survey. The statistical population of this study was faculty members of management and accounting of King Khalid University, which numbered 60 people. And due to the limited statistical comprehensiveness, the entire statistical population was selected as a sample. To measure the intellectual capital in this research, Bontis questionnaire (2004) which includes 32 questions to measure the three sub-variables of intellectual capital (human capital, structural capital and communication capital) which is designed based on Likert's five-point scale and to measure the performance of a task of The task performance questionnaire of Varsi Birneh et al. (2005) which includes 10 questions on a 5-point Likert scale, and the 17-question questionnaire of Conway (1999) on a 5-point Likert scale is used to measure the background performance. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by a supervisor and several accounting professors, and the reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by Cronbach's Alpha. Data analysis was done using structural equation methods and path analysis by PLS software. The results showed that the effect of intellectual capital and components (human capital, structural capital, customer capital) on the job performance of the employees of King Khaled University.

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    Al-sheri , R. H. ., Mostafa, E. A. A. G. . ., Mokhtar, A. A. . ., Alhaj , A. B. S. ., & Kodai , Z. M. O. . (2025). The Effect of Intellectual Capital on Job Performance of The Employees of King Khaled University. International Journal of Accounting and Economics Studies, 12(3), 213-222. https://doi.org/10.14419/65hv6377