J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2012 Dec;18(4):452-459.

Effects of Intellectual Capital on Organizational Performance of Nurses in Medium and Small Hospitals

• Kim WK
• Cho Chung

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was a descriptive study conducted to investigate the effects of intellectual capital on organizational performance of nurses in medium and small hospitals.
METHODS
Data were collected from 241 nurses working in medium and/or small hospitals located in G City from August 10 to September 17, 2011. The measurement tools were the Intellectual Capital scale and Organizational Performance scale. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, one way ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and hierarchical regression with SPSS WIN 18.0 PC.
RESULTS
Intellectual capital composed of human, customer, and structure capital had significant effects on organizational performance of nurses working in medium and small hospitals and explained 50.4% of the variance.
CONCLUSION
In order to promote organizational performance of nurses, nursing managers and administrators need to invest more resources into the intellectual capital of the system including human, customer, and structure capital.

Keyword

Nurses; Intellectual capital; Organizational performance

MeSH Terms

Administrative Personnel
Humans

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