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Analysis of Knowledge Capital Development Initiatives in IT Sector


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1 Doctoral Student, Alagappa Institute of Management, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, India
2 Sr. Professor and Director, Alagappa Institute of Management, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, India
 

Today, knowledge capital plays a pivotal and a powerful instrument in business organizations for building and developing competitive heights and advantage. Knowledge capital (KC) can create innovation, which can maximize the employees’ performance. The objective of the research is to analyse the influence of Knowledge Capital Development Initiatives of IT executives in Bangalore and to identify the factors influencing Knowledge capital development initiatives. Respondents of this research study consisted of middle level executives from leading IT companies from Bangalore and 500 respondents were selected by using stratified random sampling method. It is found that there is a significant difference between the mean ranks towards the KC factors considered by employees of the IT companies. This research makes an attempt to study to what extent knowledge capital has a major influence on employees’ performance. The prevailing policies, practices, initiatives and procedures are analyzed from the data collected from the respondents as the primary source of data.

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Knowledge Capital, Employee’s Performance, Creativity, Innovation, Competitive Advantage.
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Lucas M.
Doctoral Student, Alagappa Institute of Management, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, India
S. Rajamohan
Sr. Professor and Director, Alagappa Institute of Management, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract


Today, knowledge capital plays a pivotal and a powerful instrument in business organizations for building and developing competitive heights and advantage. Knowledge capital (KC) can create innovation, which can maximize the employees’ performance. The objective of the research is to analyse the influence of Knowledge Capital Development Initiatives of IT executives in Bangalore and to identify the factors influencing Knowledge capital development initiatives. Respondents of this research study consisted of middle level executives from leading IT companies from Bangalore and 500 respondents were selected by using stratified random sampling method. It is found that there is a significant difference between the mean ranks towards the KC factors considered by employees of the IT companies. This research makes an attempt to study to what extent knowledge capital has a major influence on employees’ performance. The prevailing policies, practices, initiatives and procedures are analyzed from the data collected from the respondents as the primary source of data.

Keywords


Knowledge Capital, Employee’s Performance, Creativity, Innovation, Competitive Advantage.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20968/rpm%2F2020%2Fv18%2Fi2%2F156723