Effect of Intellectual Capital on Performance of Selected Manufacturing Firms in Enugu Metropolis
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- October 5, 2023
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Odusegun, Adewale James1 & Esther Nneka Madugwu PhD2
12Department of Business Administration, Enugu state University of Science and Technology
| Abstract The study was focused on effect of Intellectual Capital on performance of Selected Manufacturing firms in Enugu Metropolis. The Specific objectives of the study were to: determine the effect of human capital on organizational efficiency of selected Manufacturing firms in Enugu metropolis, ascertain the extent to which structural capital influence goal attainment of selected Manufacturing firms in Enugu metropolis and examine the relationship between social capital and employee welfare of selected Manufacturing firms in Enugu metropolis. The population of the study was (97) employees of the selected Manufacturing firms which were also used as the sample size, instruments for data collection were questionnaires and interview, out of 97 copies of questionnaire distributed 87 copies were properly filled/returned. Survey research design was adopted for the study. Hypotheses one and two were tested using simple linear regression tool while hypothesis three was tested using Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. The findings indicated that Human capital significantly affects organisational efficiency of the selected Manufacturing firms, Structural capital significantly influences goal attainment of the selected Manufacturing firms. There was a positive relationship between social capital and employee welfare of the selected Manufacturing firms. The study recommends among others that management of the firms studied should effectively manage their intellectual capital in order to achieve organizational and employee efficiency which will result to organizational goal attainment. Keywords: Intellectual Capital; Performance; Human Capital; Structural Capital; Social Capital; Goal Attainment and Employee Welfare |
CITATION: Odusegun, A. J. & Madugwu, E. N. (2023). Effect of Intellectual Capital on Performance of Selected Manufacturing Firms in Enugu Metropolis. Contemporary Journal of Management 5(3) | 16-35. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8411995
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