THE REALITY OF APPLYING INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL IN FOOD INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES IN WEST BANK - PALESTINE

The study aimed to identify the reality of applying intellectual capital for industrial companies’ employees in the West Bank. A sample of (136) companies was chosen and to achieve the study’s goal, a questionnaire was prepared by the researcher. The main results of the study were as follow: The application of intellectual capital in food industrial companies in the West Bank has a relative weight of: (70.887), which is highly accepted. Moreover, the absence of statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α≤0.05) between the averages estimates about the application of intellectual capital in the industrial food companies in the West Bank due to the variables: gender, age, educational qualification and number of serving years. Finally, as a result from the study, the researcher presented some recommendations to improve applying intellectual capital. It could be by doing workshops and seminars that aim to encourage positive practices of intellectual capital, which could serve the goals of companies and employees. Responsible authorities in these companies should encourage these positive practices by adding it to its official rewards system and make it an essential criterion for evaluating performances.