Digital Intellect and Emotional Perspicacity are Harmonize Each Other -A Core Adroitness for the Future Digital Era

Abstract

The concept of digital Intelligence is essential in a world, which is riding on the back of digitalization that this century demands. It is stated that students are one of the vulnerable social groups affected by digital tools. This study aims to measure digital intelligence quotient (DIQ) among students. In this direction, our objective is to discuss whether digital intelligence and emotional intelligence is needed simultaneously in order to be effective digital citizens in future.  It is also aimed to put forward a discussion about which type of digital intelligent quotient is more developed among students. In this context, total sample size of 265 were collected from college students of above 18 years and performed correlation using SPSS and SEM using SMART PLS to test the relationship between two variables. Findings showed that digital intelligence among the students has a significant correlation with emotional intelligence and there exists an equal level of development among eight categories of digital intelligence quotient among students with a slight difference for the digital right skills. It also showed that successful outcomes of a digital citizen could occur if emotional intelligence and digital intelligence are given equal importance and evaluated simultaneously.