Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Sharing Linkages for Enhancing Institutional Performance : Indonesia Colleges Case
Nani Maryani , Horas Djulius

Winaya Mukti University

Abstract

Since the recent few years the Indonesian government has established various policies to improve the performance and scientific publications of the lecturers in Indonesia. This makes efforts to improve the performance of higher education institutions become prominent. Based on this phenomenon, this research examines the relationship between the intellectual capital and the knowledge sharing on the performance of the higher education institutions. By studying the knowledge sharing, which is part of the knowledge management, this research discusses more in depth what efforts should be made by the higher education institutions to be part of the international academic community. This research uses the quantitative method by conducting a survey using questionnaires to the decision makers in college institutions. Its analysis unit is the management department of various colleges in West Java and Banten, which is one of the largest cluster of the college management in Indonesia. The survey result data are processed using the structural equation modeling to elaborate the research hypothesis. The research results suggest that the knowledge-sharing activities provide the highest contribution in improving institutional performance, and one of its sub-variables, i.e. the ability to transfer knowledge, is the most important former.

Keywords: Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Sharing , Institutional Performance, Indonesia Colleges, Structural Equation Model,

Topic: Organizational Behavior, Leadership and Human Resources Management