An Exploration On The Differences In Emotional Intelligence Of First Year Students Examined Across Disciplines Within The School Of Business In A Liberal Arts College

Abstract

In preparing the next generation of business professionals, educators need to take seriously the responsibility of empowering students with tools to assist them in their pursuits. One area of interest is Emotional Intelligence. Emotional Intelligence determines how students exercise self-control, zeal and persistence, and the ability to motivate themselves. The purpose of the study is two-fold with respect to Emotional Intelligence. First, the researchers will explore the differences of emotional intelligence examined by students’ discipline within the school of business in a liberal arts college. Secondly, the researchers will analyze the implications for educators, administrators, researchers, and other interested parties. Findings, conclusions, and recommendations will be presented.

Enhancing the Emotional Intelligence of Students: Helping the Critical Few

“…Results from this study showed no difference in EI development by major or gender, which is differs from some past studies (Joyner & Mann, 2011;Leedy & Smith, 2012;Yarrish & Law, 2009). However, when the students were divided into groups by their beginning EI levels, there were significant increases in a few EI areas for those beginning with low EI, but no increases for those with high EI.…”

“…The research also showed sometimes there were differences by demographic groups, such as gender (Joyner & Mann, 2011;Leedy & Smith, 2012) or major (Yarrish & Law, 2009), and by the beginning level of the students' EI (Kruml & Yockey, 2011).…”

“…3, June 2019. josotl.indiana.edu significant difference in changes by gender over a semester, even though EI concepts where not covered in first-year experience courses (Leedy & Smith, 2012). Other researchers, who did not cover EI concepts in class, compared first year business students by major (e.g., Accounting, Business, Culinary Arts, Information Technology, and Sports and Recreation management) to show there were differences among the student groups (Yarrish & Law, 2009).…”

Emotional Intelligence And Cross-Cultural Communication Competence: An Analysis Of Group Dynamics And Interpersonal Relationships In A Diverse Classroom

“…The first portion of the survey focused on the assessment of the respondent's degree of emotional intelligence was originally generated in Wong, Law, and Song (2002) in a study to determine a psychometrically sound and practically short emotional intelligence measure that could be used in leadership and management studies. The instrument was later modified by Yarrish and Law (2009) according to the four-dimensional definition of emotional intelligence in Davies, Stankov, and Roberts (1998) that investigated the relationship among measures of emotional intelligence, traditional human cognitive abilities, and personality. The four dimensions are self-emotions appraisal, others-emotions appraisal, use of emotion, and regulation of emotion.…”

Exploring The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence And Academic Stress Among Students At A Small, Private College

“…The ability to cope with different social situations and making the best decisions in these situations is a measure of one's emotional intelligence. The fact first-year students uniquely exposed to a greater number of challenges requiring the use of EI in a short period of time, as well as, the fact first-year students of every university yield the highest attrition rates of the student population, necessitated investigation into the relationship between EI and attrition (DeBerard, Spielmans, & Julka, 2004, pg. 3) Such an investigation was undertaken by Yarrish and Law (2009). The purpose of the study was to determine the differences of EI among different majors at a small, liberal arts college.…”