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The main purpose of this research was to examine the potential mediation effects of self-esteem on the association between international students’ emotional intelligence (EI) and adjustment, as indexed by academic adjustment, social adjustment, and psychological adjustment. Data from 151 international students in southern Thailand were collected. The path analysis indicated that self-esteem fully mediated the relationships between EI and social adjustment and psychological adjustment, whereas self-esteem acted as a partial mediator between EI and academic adjustment. In addition, self-esteem impacted the three outcomes much more strongly than EI. Practical suggestions for enhancing students’ adjustment are addressed and examined. The limitations of the research and suggestions for further studies are also briefly discussed.

This research aimed at developing a structural equation model of factors influencing the quality culture of the workforce in Thailand public higher education institutions. The subjects were 765 workforce from 60 public higher education institutions all over the country selected by multi-stage sampling method. The data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS and AMOS. It was found that the last model after the improvements had goodness of fit with the empirical information (2/df=4.07; RMSEA=0.06; GFI=0.95; AGFI=0.92; CFI=0.96; SRMR=0.05)and the power of estimates at a good level with the squared multiple correlation of0.33. Factors with the total effectson the quality culture ranging from the most to the least wereperception of the managerialism level, trust in the results of education quality assessment, commitment to quality, communication about education quality assessment and participation in education quality assessment.