Intellectual Capital and School Performance: A Study on Private Schools

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to analyze both the structure of the intellectual capital in the private schools which are active within the borders of Istanbul province and the relation between this capital and the performance of the school. Data gathered through scales practiced on the administrators of 252 private schools out of 276, which are active in Istanbul province and are regarded as the population of the study, has been used in the analysis. First, descriptive analysis has been applied on the data and the results have been indicated in charts and figures. The assumptions of the models to be used in the future have also been tested within this process. Then, Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses and Structural Equation Modeling have been utilized for the purpose of testing the hypotheses included in the study. As a result of the analyses, findings on the structure of the intellectual capital related to the private secondary school sector; its components; the relation between the capital and its components; and the direct and indirect effects on school performance have been derived. Findings have been discussed in both theoretical and empirical contexts.