vajiheh zohoorparvandeh - Assistant professor in payamnour university

In recent decades, intellectual capital has increasingly caught organizational theorists’ and managers’ attention. And extensive research has been carried out into intellectual capital and factors affecting it in organizational settings. Purpose: this research is aimed at identifying the intellectual capital of the universities and developing a model for measuring it. Design/methodology/approach: To measure the intellectual capital, a questionnaire was developed. Affirmative and exploratory factor analyses were done to be assured of reliability and validity. Then it was distributed among a sample of 94 managers and 343 employees from Ferdowsi University. It is an analytic descriptive research specifically based on structural equation modeling (SEM). findings: Results showed that human capital, structural capital, relational capital and innovation capital form the intellectual capital of the universities and there is a positive and significant relationship between them. Practical implications: Ultimately, several suggestions have been offered to improve the optimum use of intellectual capital in universities

Intellectual Capital, Measurement, Universities