The phenomenon of employee stress has garnered increasing attention due to its pervasive impact on individual well-being and organisational performance. This study provides a comprehensive review of the literature on employee stress, focusing on articles published in reputable journals between 1984 and 2023. Leveraging the Scopus database, we analysed 500 documents using VOSviewer, Publish or Perish, and Microsoft Excel. The analysis reveals key trends and patterns in the research landscape. While considerable attention has been devoted to understanding the causes and consequences of employee stress, notable research gaps remain. This study offers insights into the evolution of employee stress literature, identifies current gaps, and suggests avenues for future inquiry to advance the understanding and management of employee stress in the workplace.
Decades have passed since companies have been challenged to evaluate their intangible and intellectual components. For the most technological and innovative organisations, measuring economic, financial, and operational success involves identifying, extracting, measuring, and disclosing intellectual capital. In this context, intangible assets emerge as the cornerstone of the information and knowledge economy, with their measurement constituting the central challenge of the research field known as intellectual capital. However, research dedicated to studying intangible assets differs in its motivations for why organisations, across various sectors of the economy, should measure intellectual capital. Therefore, the aim of this article is to shed some light on this complex field, segregating and explaining why intellectual capital measurement is done and how it relates to different sectors of the contemporary economy. As a result, the identification of purposes appears as a determining factor to propose more effective methods for evaluating intellectual capital in various economic sectors. Thus, it is expected that establishing the sector-purpose correlation will enrich the discussion on the use and management of intangible assets.
The objective of this study was to determine how intellectual capital (IC) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) impact the performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by establishing and utilising innovation and knowledge management (KM) strategies. In this study, there were 296 research samples. Smart PLS 3 was used to analyse the experimental data. From these data it can be seen that IC, CSR, and speed of innovation are all interconnected. CSR may have an impact on large companies, but not on SMEs. The impact of IC and CSR on SME performance can be mitigated through innovation. There is a positive correlation between IC and SME performance, and this correlation can be strengthened through the use of KM strategies. This research offers the idea of mediation and moderation as a way to increase the use of IC and innovation in SMEs, which will ultimately improve SME performance.
The uncertainties, disruptions, distortions, and environmental turbulences that affect the smooth operation of businesses in emerging economies have been a major challenge facing managers and mobile telecommunication business practitioners. To proffer a solution to the challenge above, the utilisation of intellectual capital as a predictor of business resilience became necessary for empirical investigation. Thus, this study investigated the moderating role of leadership consideration in the relationship between intellectual capital and business resilience in Nigeria's ICT economy. A validated questionnaire containing intellectual capital and business resilience was used to collect data from the participants. The results indicate that leadership consideration moderates the relationship between intellectual capital and business resilience in Nigeria's IC industry. Among all the dimensions of intellectual capital, only social capital has insignificant relationship with capital resilience while others such as human capital, organisational capital did not have any significant relationship with cultural resilience and strategic resilience.
Investment in human capital produces a well-informed workforce that facilitates savings mobilisation into capital formation, further raising economic development. The current study explores how financial progress and economic growth contribute to human capital development in Asia using a pooled mean group estimation method on the data extracted from World Bank databases. The findings depict that economic prosperity and financial progress positively drive intellectual capital development by strengthening human assets in Asia. The study contributes to the existing literature, highlighting the role of macroeconomic factors in shaping human capital and offers policy measures suggesting the formulation of robust growth strategies that prioritise the upgrading of the education sector. Whereas the financial sector should adopt liberal credit policies to encourage private investment in human capital development infrastructure. Such a dual system can create a sustainable ecosystem for enhancing intellectual capital in Asia.
To attain success for an organisation in this competitive era, it is necessary to use effectively and efficiently its tangible and intangible resources for any organisation. Intellectual capital (IC) is a vital intangible resource that directly or indirectly impacts the firm performance. The purpose of this study is to propose an integrative conceptual framework on IC and firm performance through a synthesis of relevant literature. Therefore, the current study tries to synthesise the available literature to frame a conceptual model with moderating and mediating variables for studying the IC impact on firm performance. The result indicates that the impact of IC on firm performance is moderated by organisational learning and mediated by sustainable growth and competitive advantage of an enterprise. The current study will act as a guide for enterprises, governments, policymakers, and academicians for formulating policies on IC and exploring the effect of IC on firm performance.
This study explores the factors influencing knowledge sharing and its impact on job engagement among public servants in Ho Chi Minh City amid economic and societal changes. Utilising the knowledge-based view theory, a comprehensive model was developed and assessed using PLS-SEM statistical techniques on data from 300 public servants. The analysis revealed that job engagement is influenced by factors like self-enjoyment, self-efficacy, social interaction, and reciprocity, while knowledge sharing is affected by factors including self-enjoyment, reputation enhancement, self-efficacy, reciprocity, and trust. Furthermore, knowledge sharing positively impacts job engagement and mediates factors such as self-enjoyment, reputation enhancement, self-efficacy, reciprocity, trust, and job engagement. This research highlights the crucial role of knowledge sharing in promoting job engagement within Vietnam's public sector, providing valuable insights into their dynamic interplay. Despite the absence of longitudinal data, this research provides valuable insights for fostering job engagement and promoting knowledge sharing among public employees.
This study explores the moderating role of integrated reporting (IR) in the relationship between intellectual capital disclosure (ICD) and firm performance, using a novel and comprehensive ICD framework. Analysing 100 Bombay Stock Exchange-listed firms from 2018-2023, divided equally between IR and annual reporting (AR) adopters, ICD was measured using a four-point content analysis scale. Findings reveal that IR firms disclose significantly more IC information than AR firms. ICD in IR has a positive and significant effect on both return on assets (ROA) and Tobin's Q, while ICD in AR is positively linked only to Tobin's Q. Further, IR significantly moderates the ICD-performance relationship. This study contributes original empirical evidence from India on the strategic value of IR in enhancing IC transparency and its financial impact, offering important insights for firms, regulators, and standard setters focused on improving reporting quality and long-term value creation.
Grounded in the dynamic capabilities view, this study develops and tests a theoretical framework examining the impact of green intellectual capital on sustainable supply chain performance and financial performance in multinational enterprises (MNEs). A sequential mediation model is tested using structural equation modelling based on survey data from 364 logistics and supply chain managers in MNEs. The results show that green intellectual capital positively influences green process innovation, green product innovation, and sustainable supply chain performance. Green process innovation further enhances green product innovation. While green product innovation negatively affects sustainable supply chain performance, it positively contributes to financial performance. In addition, sustainable supply chain performance is found to reduce financial performance. Green product innovation negatively mediates the relationship between green intellectual capital and sustainable supply chain performance, while positively mediating its relationship with financial performance. The impact of green intellectual capital on financial performance is sequentially mediated through green process innovation, green product innovation, and sustainable supply chain performance.
Given various ongoing challenges in achieving digital integration, this study aims to develop a comprehensive intellectual capital (IC) model to support the digital transformation of Iran's national transportation sector. To do so, through a detailed literature review, a conceptual model was developed, and a survey instrument was designed accordingly. Data were collected from 302 transportation experts and managers. The proposed IC model consists of four main components: informational, human, structural, and relational capital. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to validate the model. Among the components, 'Knowledge Management' scored the highest (3.4 out of 5), followed by 'planning and processes' (3.3). Whereas, 'transformational technologies' and 'creativity and innovation' showed the lowest readiness, with scores of 2.8 and 2.9 respectively. These findings highlight the need for improved competencies, higher innovation capacity, and advanced digital tools to enable effective digital transformation in the transportation sector.
The present research conducts a bibliometric and content review of 165 articles, taking as a reference the research indexed in the Web of Science database, with the aim of examining the academic production that has addressed intellectual capital (IC) in the corporative domain under a qualitative methodological approach. In particular, in a first phase, the structure of knowledge on the analysed topic was quantitatively examined using the Bibliometrix tool. Subsequently, the research fronts on the topic were identified through the examination of keyword co-occurrence using the VOSviewer software and the content analysis of the titles and abstracts under consideration employing the NVivo program for this purpose.
This investigation utilises knowledge-based view (KBV) Theory to understand the relation between green intellectual capital (GIC) and sustainable competitive advantage (SCA) through the mediation of green learning (GL). This investigation uses 364 responses from scientific staff of research institutions from the north zone of India using a self-administered questionnaire. The relationship was analysed using SmartPLS. The findings suggest that there is a positive association between GIC and SCA, and their relationship is also mediated through GL. This research provides positive insights for research institutions, policymakers, academicians, and other stakeholders to employ green intellectual capital and green learning to achieve a sustainable competitive edge. The additional findings, suggestions, and recommendations may also be helpful for the stakeholders for reducing environmental harm and achieving their sustainability objectives. This research provides a novel insight into the connection between GIC, GL, and SCA among scientists in research institutions.
This study examines the key factors influencing intellectual capital in small and medium-sized enterprises, with a specific focus on employee training and development, positive organisational culture, technological infrastructure, external networks and partnerships, and a favourable regulatory and institutional environment. Using a quantitative approach, data were collected from 364 small and medium-sized enterprises operating in Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam, and analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The results confirm that employee training and external networks have the strongest impact on intellectual capital, while technological infrastructure also plays a significant role in supporting knowledge management and innovation. While organisational culture as an internal enabler and the regulatory environment as an external support both contribute to intellectual capital, their effects are relatively weaker compared with employee training, networks, and technological infrastructure. These findings suggest that SMEs should prioritise workforce development, strategic collaborations, and digital transformation to enhance their intellectual capital and sustain long-term competitiveness. The study contributes to the theoretical discourse on resource-based view, knowledge-based view, and dynamic capabilities theory, providing practical implications for business owners and policymakers.
Human resource management (HRM) encompasses the set of policies, practices, and systems implemented by organisations to influence employees' attitudes, behaviours, and performance. For firms, adopting a strategic perspective on HRM is essential to maximise its effectiveness and enhance overall organisational outcomes. This study investigates how HRM practices influence job performance, with perceived justice examined as a moderating factor. The research was conducted among logistics companies in Vietnam, using a questionnaire survey for data collection. Findings indicate that higher levels of perceived justice, when aligned with positive employee relations, contribute to improved work efficiency, while stronger perceptions of interactional justice, coupled with well-structured compensation and benefits, foster greater work effectiveness.
The study aims to examine how employee engagement (EE) and affective commitment (AC) impact organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) drawing on the attitudinal theory perspective. Furthermore, the paper explores how job satisfaction mediates the relationship between employee engagement, affective commitment, and OCB. In this study, a total of 418 samples were taken from leather industries in Vellore District using SPSS and Smart PLS version 3. We found that affective commitment directly impacts OCB whereas employee engagement has no significant impact on OCB. Apart from the direct effect, the study also shows that job satisfaction indirectly affects EE, AC, and OCB. However, there is a mediating impact on job satisfaction between EE, AC, and OCB. In this paper, the argument is based on whether employee engagement and affective commitment impact organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB). The author demonstrated the connection between EE, AC, and OCB with the mediating effect of job satisfaction as our main contribution.
