The Relationship between Intellectual Capital and Organizational Creativity among Faculty Members of Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch in 2011-2012

This study aimed to determine the relationship between intellectual capital and organizational creativity among faculty members of Islamic Azad University. It was a descriptive correlation study. Statistic population in the study was all faculty members of the university and it was 305 people, from the target population 172 people were chosen randomly. The sample size of the study was calculated through Cochran's sampling equitation and it was a randomly stratified sampling. Data collection instruments were two standard questionnaires on intellectual capital by Bantis (2010) with 30 items and on creativity by Rensip (1979) with 50 items which were arranged by 5 point Likert scale. The reliability of the questionnaires was calculated by assistance of supervisor and adviser and expert of Education. reliability coefficients were calculated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient and they were 0.87 and 0.81 for intellectual capital and organizational creativity questionnaires, respectively. To analyses the data, descriptive statistic like frequency percentage, mean, and standard deviation and inferential statistic such as Pearson correlation coefficient and t-test with two independent groups and regression multiple analyses were applied. The results revealed that there is a meaningful relationship between human capital (r=0.099, p<0.05), structural capital (r=0.176, p, 0.05), relational capital (r=0.180, p, 0.05) and organizational creativity (r=0.180, p, 0.05). Findings from regression analysis proved that among intellectual capital dimensions, relational capital has the most potency to predict organizational creativity. For other variables this relationship was not meaningful. Results also showed that among responses on intellectual capital, and organizational support there is no meaningful relationship according to demographic factors (age, sex, university, place of service, teaching experience, educational degree, scientific ranking). [Salimeh Tahooneh and Badri Shatalebi. The Relationship between Intellectual Capital and Organizational Creativity among Faculty Members of Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch in 2011-2012. Life Sci J 2012;9(4):5626-5632] (ISSN: 1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 838