Investigation of the effects of intellectual competence of managers on competitive organizational culture development and organizational performance: An application in civil aviation sector

Aviation is considered one of the most important actors in today's globalised world. An intensely competitive arena where intellectually competent managers are able to guide their followers towards the collective goals of the organisation; facilitated by an organisational culture shaped around common goal. This study has developed a conceptual framework that explains the affects of the intellectual competece of managers in arlines, operating in Turkey, on competitive organisational culture and organisational performance. The framework has been empirally tested using a valid, reliable and original scale. Additionally, the performace criteria in the dimensions of the performance scorecard, originally developed by Savsar, have been translated into expressions by the researcher. SPSS was used to reveal the basic factor structure of descriptive statistics and scales. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used to measure whether the indicators were loaded on the hidden variables selected, and the Structural Equation Model (SEM) was used to test the assumed conceptual model. The findings support conceptual connections in the qualitative model and confirm most of the hypothetical relationships in the quantitative model. This research is the first to theoretically and experimentally develop and test an integrative framework based on the review of intellectuality and management literature-screening. In addition, the developed perceptual performance scorecard assessment scale also makes an important contribution to the literature. The results provide insight into new statistical, theoretical and practical approaches.