Green Intellectual Capital and Its Effect on Innovation among Health Care providers

Background: Today with growing demands for innovation to improve quality of care, contain upward costs, maintain sustainability. "Green Intellectual Capital" (GIC) is a modern advance in corporate sustainability; more effective methods are needed to manage and measure green intellectual capital both within and across healthcare organizations. Aim of the study: The study aimed at investigating green intellectual capital and its effect on innovation among health care providers. Research Design: A descriptive correlational design was used in this study. Settings: This study was carried out at Cardio -Vascular Hospital, which is associated with Ain Shams University Hospitals. Subject: Two groups involved in this study, the first group included all staff nurses, their number was (145), and the second group are doctors. Their number was (52). Tools of data collection: there are two tools used namely green intellectual capital scale and innovative behavior inventory. Results: total green intellectual capital level of health care providers clarified that around one third of them had a high level but slightly increased among doctors (32.40%) than staff nurses (30.10%). While more than half of staff nurses (58.90% ) and doctors had moderate level (58.60%), and the minority of staff nurses and doctors (11 %, 9 %) respectively had low level of green intellectual capital. Additionally, a quarter of staff nurses (25%) had high level of total innovation and less than one fifth (17%) of doctors were had high  total innovation level, while more than three quarter doctors had moderate total innovation level (76%),  and their level was higher as compared with staff nurses was (60%) and finally minority of doctors and staff nurses had low innovation level (15% , 7 %)respectively .Conclusion: a highly statistical significant positive correlation existed between green intellectual capital and innovation among health care providers. Recommendation: Implement training program for health care providers that focus on increasing their awareness about green intellectual capital and innovation that foster different and innovative ways of decision making.