The Impact of Organizational Culture on Intellectual Capital of Small and Medium Sized IT Enterprises

Mahdi paknia¹ Sina Sepehr² Mohammad Davarzani³

1) Iran Unversity of Allameh Tabatabaie Email:
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IOI Code : XYCG-AEZKZ
Publication : international conference of Management Elites(icme.ir)
Abstract :
    Rapid changes in the global economy has caused a modern attitude through management approach in term of manufacturing operation and value creation. These changes include more complexity in consumer behavior, production technology as well as increasing importance of innovation, which in turn leads to move away from traditional managerial concepts that had focused on physical and financial capital primarily to concepts that emphasized more on intangible assets like knowledge or intellectual capital. Intellectual capital is predominantly based on cultural and social factors so that recognizing these factors that influence it may help managers and decision makers of both macro and micro economics levels. This study aimed to investigate whether and to what extend organizational culture affecting intellectual capital small and medium sized IT enterprises. To do so, a questionnaire was developed based on the previous literature, and its validity and reliability were assessed using university professors and Cronbach s alpha(0/847), respectively. The survey of 90 SME owners of IT industry indicated that the organizational culture variables have the greatest influence on confidence ,on the other hand, have the least influence on employees involvement.

Keywords : intellectual capital organizational culture small and medium sized enterprises