Enhancing organisation effectiveness through human, relational and structural capital: an empirical analysis / Amrizah Kamaluddin, Rashidah Abdul Rahman

The research deepens the understanding of the role of intellectual capital in creating corporate wealth from the perspective of a developing nation like Malaysia. A different economic set up where there exists different technological advancements (Chen, Cheng and Hwang, 2005) and differences in vie...

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Main Authors: Kamaluddin, Amrizah, Abdul Rahman, Rashidah
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Language:English
Published: Accounting Research Institute (ARI) & Faculty of Accountancy 2009
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/223/
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spelling uitm-2232017-08-15T08:29:41Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/223/ Enhancing organisation effectiveness through human, relational and structural capital: an empirical analysis / Amrizah Kamaluddin, Rashidah Abdul Rahman Kamaluddin, Amrizah Abdul Rahman, Rashidah The research deepens the understanding of the role of intellectual capital in creating corporate wealth from the perspective of a developing nation like Malaysia. A different economic set up where there exists different technological advancements (Chen, Cheng and Hwang, 2005) and differences in views on the metaphors of knowledge between the West and Asia (Andriessen and Boom, 2007) suggests that, a different implication of intellectual capital may exist. Thus, the research contributes to the intellectual capital literature of the ASEAN countries where culture, politics, economics and social environment provide a different perspective and challenges. Resource-based theory views, intellectual capital as the resources of wealth creation, vital to firm financial performance and the key driver to achieve sustained competitive advantages (Riahi- Belkaoui, 2003; Tayles, 2004).The current research investigates the relationship of Malaysian listed companies’ intellectual capital with organisation effectiveness. Based on the results through questionnaire survey of 155 Malaysian companies’ managers, it was found that among the intellectual capital components, structural and relational capital significantly influence the organisation’s effectiveness with structural capital as the strongest predictor. This reveals that structural capital, which comprises investment enhancement in technology, processes and systems, coupled with relational capital which includes customer-oriented and market driven activities, are imperative in determining high performance and competitive advantage Accounting Research Institute (ARI) & Faculty of Accountancy 2009-07 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/223/1/AJ_AMRIZAH%20KAMALUDDIN%20MAR%2009.pdf Kamaluddin, Amrizah and Abdul Rahman, Rashidah (2009) Enhancing organisation effectiveness through human, relational and structural capital: an empirical analysis / Amrizah Kamaluddin, Rashidah Abdul Rahman. Malaysian Accounting Review, 8 (1). pp. 1-17. ISSN 1675-4077
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description The research deepens the understanding of the role of intellectual capital in creating corporate wealth from the perspective of a developing nation like Malaysia. A different economic set up where there exists different technological advancements (Chen, Cheng and Hwang, 2005) and differences in views on the metaphors of knowledge between the West and Asia (Andriessen and Boom, 2007) suggests that, a different implication of intellectual capital may exist. Thus, the research contributes to the intellectual capital literature of the ASEAN countries where culture, politics, economics and social environment provide a different perspective and challenges. Resource-based theory views, intellectual capital as the resources of wealth creation, vital to firm financial performance and the key driver to achieve sustained competitive advantages (Riahi- Belkaoui, 2003; Tayles, 2004).The current research investigates the relationship of Malaysian listed companies’ intellectual capital with organisation effectiveness. Based on the results through questionnaire survey of 155 Malaysian companies’ managers, it was found that among the intellectual capital components, structural and relational capital significantly influence the organisation’s effectiveness with structural capital as the strongest predictor. This reveals that structural capital, which comprises investment enhancement in technology, processes and systems, coupled with relational capital which includes customer-oriented and market driven activities, are imperative in determining high performance and competitive advantage
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author Kamaluddin, Amrizah
Abdul Rahman, Rashidah
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Enhancing organisation effectiveness through human, relational and structural capital: an empirical analysis / Amrizah Kamaluddin, Rashidah Abdul Rahman
author_facet Kamaluddin, Amrizah
Abdul Rahman, Rashidah
author_sort Kamaluddin, Amrizah
title Enhancing organisation effectiveness through human, relational and structural capital: an empirical analysis / Amrizah Kamaluddin, Rashidah Abdul Rahman
title_short Enhancing organisation effectiveness through human, relational and structural capital: an empirical analysis / Amrizah Kamaluddin, Rashidah Abdul Rahman
title_full Enhancing organisation effectiveness through human, relational and structural capital: an empirical analysis / Amrizah Kamaluddin, Rashidah Abdul Rahman
title_fullStr Enhancing organisation effectiveness through human, relational and structural capital: an empirical analysis / Amrizah Kamaluddin, Rashidah Abdul Rahman
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing organisation effectiveness through human, relational and structural capital: an empirical analysis / Amrizah Kamaluddin, Rashidah Abdul Rahman
title_sort enhancing organisation effectiveness through human, relational and structural capital: an empirical analysis / amrizah kamaluddin, rashidah abdul rahman
publisher Accounting Research Institute (ARI) & Faculty of Accountancy
publishDate 2009
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/223/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/223/1/AJ_AMRIZAH%20KAMALUDDIN%20MAR%2009.pdf
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