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 Volume 10, Issue 12 (December 2023), Pages: 172-183

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 Original Research Paper

Factors influencing preferential treatment on academic performance of private universities in Mogadishu

 Author(s): 

 Mohamud Ahmed Mohamed *, Fatima Aden Eidle, Ibrahim Hassan Mohamud

 Affiliation(s):

 Faculty of Management Science, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3247-8443

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.12.019

 Abstract

This study aims to explore how favoritism affects students' grades at private universities in Mogadishu. It uses a quantitative approach involving interviews with 98 faculty members. The research team carefully collected data to ensure the results were reliable. They then analyzed the data using statistical software like SPSS and Smart PLS. The findings show that favoritism, along with nepotism and cronyism, negatively impacts students' academic achievements in these universities. This research adds to what we already know about the negative effects of preferential treatment, especially regarding nepotism, favoritism, and cronyism. It makes a significant contribution to discussions on how favoritism affects education, highlighting its harmful effects. The study also suggests that future research in Somalia could look at this issue in other cities to better understand its wider effects. While this study focused on how favoritism influences students' grades, it points out that future research could examine other factors like trust within the organization, employee commitment, the tendency of employees to remain silent, and staff turnover. These factors could offer further insights into the complex environment of private universities in Mogadishu and similar institutions around the world.

 © 2023 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Preferential treatment, Academic performance, Private universities, Quantitative research, Mogadishu

 Article history

 Received 16 July 2023, Received in revised form 28 November 2023, Accepted 5 December 2023

 Acknowledgment 

No Acknowledgment.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations 

Important ethical issues were considered before and during the study. Confidentiality was maintained throughout data collection, management, and analysis. To make participants feel comfortable giving their ideas, they were notified of anonymity and confidentiality. Participant confidentiality was maintained during data analysis. Participants were informed of the study's goal, objectives, importance, and other relevant information before consenting. This approach was taken to ensure that all participants received enough information and could independently select whether to participate without researcher interference. After completing the questionnaire, researchers thanked the responders.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Mohamed MA, Eidle FA, and Mohamud IH (2023). Factors influencing preferential treatment on academic performance of private universities in Mogadishu. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(12): 172-183

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