L’università nel contesto italiano. Linee per la valutazione

Saiani, Paolo Parra

doi:10.4000/qds.1109

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“…To conduct our analysis, we rely on IC, digitalization and performance variables using data retrieved from U-STAT MIUR, ANVUR, ALMALAUREA CENSIS universities’ websites. In the Italian context, these are the main sources of empirical data emerging from the many surveys on universities (Saiani, 2004).…”

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The mediating role of relational capital for the academic performance effect of IC: the influence of digital technologies

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Crisci

et al. 2021

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Purpose Different mechanisms allow intellectual capital (IC) to affect performance. This paper aims to analyze the value of relations for the academic performance effect of IC and explore how the university’s reliance on digital technologies facilitates the contribution of IC to the overall academic performance. Design/methodology/approach The authors develop a model linking elements of IC to academic performance in the form of teaching, research and entrepreneurial activity. The model is centered on relational capital (RC) that is supposed to directly fuel performance and mediate the link between the other two IC dimensions and performance. From a methodological point of view, the authors base the empirical investigation on a sample of Italian public universities and applied structural equation modeling to test the mediation and a group comparison to disentangle the effect of universities’ digitalization. Findings The authors find a significant and positive effect of RC on performance. RC fully mediates the relationship between structural capital and academic performance, whereas it only partially mediates the link between human capital and academic performance. The authors also suggest that digital technologies guide the prominence of the relationship in the university’s ability to fulfill teaching, research and entrepreneurship missions through IC. Originality/value This study offers a representation of how the relational dimension of IC is the mean through which the stock of knowledge inside IC can be translated into entrepreneurial, education and research achievements and how digital technologies are essential for the exploitation of the performance effect of IC in the digital era.

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confidence: 99%