Globalisation and higher education in the Arab Gulf States

A comparative analysis of emotional intelligence and intelligence quotient among Saudi business students’ toward academic performance

“…It may be assumed the subject knowledge they gain is only a temporary approach. This finding is also consistent with Yussra Jamjoom’s 6 study that explored the quality of students in private and public sector. Therefore, the study recommends to implement a subtle approach by addition of logical, reasoning, application kind of questions, and learning through critical incident method to bring out the best possible prospects of sustaining managerial skills and personality qualities in graduates to inculcate in them the employability skills that are prerequisite for their professional life.…”

“…7 The extant literature has developed multiple perspectives in comparison of private and public universities and stated that the private sector differs to their counterpart in terms of funding, ownership, orientation including teaching, research, resources and accreditations, the wider access, and quality of higher education. 8 –10 Yussra Jamjoom 6 in their study specified the Saudi private universities heavily depend on tuition fees with a very limited assistance from the government scholarships, and from this perspective, they offer more number of programs to attract new admissions, deliver high quality of education, and the same is expected with students’ learning outcome and AP. The author also provided a deep insight on the entry phase of students into private higher education from two views.…”

“…Also extant Saudi literature evidently stated the quality of education in private institutions is superior than in public sector. 6 Therefore, this study attempts to explore whether there exist any remarkable differences in the level of IQ and EI among public and private undergraduate business students driving them toward their overall AP. In the next section of literature, various dimensions of EI and IQ were identified to develop a research model for the study and also present the need to examine the private and public university students distinctly.…”