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The role of informal institutions in explaining student’s academic engagement: The case of Al Ain University of Science and Technology

Mahieddine Adnan Ghecham, Nuha Hamada

Journal of International Education in Business

ISSN: 2046-469X

Article publication date: 5 November 2018

Issue publication date: 5 November 2018

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the role of students’ cultural background in explaining their academic performance.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper aims at achieving the research objective with the use of questionnaires and structural equation modelling (SEM).

Findings

This paper shows that students’ code of conduct, which is grounded in their cultural background, affects their level of engagement in learning process. The paper supports, on one hand, the idea of extensive use of formative assessment techniques as a way of improving students’ engagement; it argues, on the other hand, that their effectiveness could be limited because of the bad impact of the students’ norms.

Originality/value

The paper aims at achieving the objective of the research using an interdisciplinary approach borrowing from the field of economics while discussing a research gap that covers a region that require more attention in the field of education.

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Citation

Ghecham, M.A. and Hamada, N. (2018), "The role of informal institutions in explaining student’s academic engagement: The case of Al Ain University of Science and Technology", Journal of International Education in Business, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 178-194. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIEB-06-2017-0024

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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