(The Moderator Role of Information Sharing in the Effect of Intellectual Capital on Organizational Performance)

Abstract

Purpose – The aim of the study is to investigate whether the information sharing variable has moderator role in the relationship between intellectual capital and organizational performance variables, which are two important concepts in the organizational behavior literature. Design/methodology/approach – The data used in the study were collected with three scales applied in October-November 2019 to 376 workers in IT sector in Ankara and the analysis of the model was tested by correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis. SPSS and AMOS package programs and Python and R programming languages were used in the this study. The correlation analysis and moderator effect of information sharing variable in SPSS (PROCESS module) package program and Python programming language; the tests related to univariate and multivariate normal distribution assumption of the data used in the study in R programming language and the confirmatory factor analysis of scales in the AMOS package program, were done. Findings – As a result of the study; it is concluded that there is a medium/strong and same directional relationship between the variables of intellectual capital, organizational performance and knowledge sharing, and that the information sharing variable has not a moderator role between intellectual capital and organizational performance variables, Discussion – There are studies showing that intellectual capital increases organizational performance. What transforms intellectual capital into value is knowledge, information and experience. So whether intellectual capital can create value or not depends on sharing information.