Categories for Barriers to Digital Transformation in Higher Education: An Analysis Based on Literature

Abstract

For higher education institutions that encourage digital transformation, understanding the barriers are necessary for the digital transformation accomplishment. The purpose of this paper is to present a review of the literature on barriers to digital transformation in higher education. To get a wide overview in identifying the barriers to the implementation of digital transformation, a structured literature review was used to select the relevant studies published. Nine categories were identified based on the literature reviewed: vision, strategy and policy, resources, leadership, digital skill and knowledge, technology, adaptability, resistance to change, and government and economic. Our findings provided a fish-bone diagram that outlines twenty-two barriers to digital transformation in higher education. The main contribution of this study is a synthesis of the state of the art of barriers to digital transformation in higher education. We contribute to provide a common basic understanding of barriers to digital transformation in higher education to overcome barriers for improving the possibility of success. Moreover, we give an insight into future research on barriers exploration

Bibliometric Analysis of Existing Knowledge on Digital Transformation in Higher Education

“…A final issue is the relationship of the present study to previous attempts to organize the existing literature [4,12,13]. These studies focused on understanding and systematizing the literature based on a few dozen articles.…”

“…Regarding past authors' attempts to order the existing literature, several previous publications were identified. However, these publications had different objectives than those of the present study: Aditya, Ferdina, and Kusumawardani [12] focused only on systematizing the barriers to digital transformation in HEIs. Alenezi [13] focused on reviewing the digital maturity models applicable to HEIs.…”

Digital Transformation in Higher Education: Drivers, Success Factors, Benefits and Challenges

“…Many studies are concentrated on DT barriers in higher education. Aditya et al (2021a), in their state-of-the-art study of the digital transformation barriers in higher education based on a structured literature review, have identified 22 barriers that formed nine categories shown in Figure 1.…”

“…Figure1. The fishbone diagram of barriers to digital transformation in higher education(Aditya et al, 2021a) …”

“…SourceDT barriersAditya et al, 2021a;Aditya et al, 2021b;Alenezi, 2021) Lack of clear vision and strategy…”