Developing a Model of Intellectual Capital Impact with the Mediating Role of Knowledge Management and Cultural Capital on the Performance of Staff of Sport and Youth Departments of Guilan Province

The main purpose of this study was to develop a model of the impact of intellectual capital, with the role of knowledge management and cultural capital mediating the performance of staff of sport and youth departments of guilan province. The research method was descriptive-survey. The statistical population of the study consisted of 170 staff members of sport and youth departments in Guilan province. Using a full-scale sampling method, a sample of 162 employees of the department was selected. To collect the required data, Bontistic Capital Questionnaire (1998), Hemmati Knowledge Management (2010), Bourdieu Cultural Capital (2002), and Hersey & Goldsmith (2003) organizational performance were used. The structural equation model was also used to test the research model in spss software version 24. The results showed that structural capital (Beta coefficient: 0/332), human capital (beta coefficient: 0/179), cultural capital (beta coefficient: 0/205) and knowledge management (beta coefficient: 0/310) had a significant effect On organizational performance, structural capital (beta coefficient: 0/304) and human capital (beta coefficient: 0/236) had a significant effect on knowledge management, structural capital (beta coefficient: 0/188), human capital (beta coefficient: 0/321) had a significant effect on cultural capital and structural capital (beta coefficient: 0/133) and human capital (beta coefficient: 0/139) with direct impact on cultural capital and knowledge management indirectly influenced the organization's performance. According to research findings, it can be concluded that for increasing the performance of organizations, the study of variables of intellectual capital, knowledge management and cultural capital was effective.