TY - JOUR AB - On the basis of three examples of intellectual capital statements that make the individual its central figure, this article discusses the role of individuals in knowledge creation. After all, it is often claimed that the individual is the “container” of knowledge and therefore, what it means to account for the individual is an issue. However, analysing these individual competence statements (intellectual capital statements), it is clear that the individual is never alone. It is always related to organisational purposes and the individual competency statement makes the individual an organisational entity because individual competency is related either to organisational bonus systems, to corporate revenues or to the organisational configuration of its knowledge resources. Through the individual competency statement, the individual is made an organisational entity. VL - 4 IS - 4 SN - 1469-1930 DO - 10.1108/14691930310504563 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/14691930310504563 AU - Thorbjørnsen Stefan AU - Mouritsen Jan PY - 2003 Y1 - 2003/01/01 TI - Accounting for the employee in the intellectual capital statement T2 - Journal of Intellectual Capital PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 559 EP - 575 Y2 - 2024/04/20 ER -