Factors Influencing Digital Transformation Adoption among Higher Education Institutions during Digital Disruption

Abstract

This research aims to apply confirmatory factor analysis to identify the digital transformation components for higher education institutions. The research sample consisted of 300 personnel from agencies within higher education institutions, which are higher education institutions under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, Thailand that use the database system on educational quality assurance called Commission on Higher Education Quality Assessment online system (CHE QA Online). The selection was the result of multi-stage random sampling from 100 higher education instructions. The research tool was an online questionnaire form on factors influencing the success of information systems in the digital transformation for higher education institutions by 5-level rating scale based on the Likert's scale. The result revealed that digital transformation factor consistent with empirical data (p-value = 0.860), which consist of 6 components: 1) Strategy 2) Process 3) Product/Service 4) People 5) Data) and 6) Technology. The research findings help higher education institutions prepare for the elements necessary for the institutional transformation to a digital organization.