As
the communication and information technologies (especially mobile devices) have
become a central part of our daily lives, people have started bringing their
own devices to schools, universities, companies and other types of organization.
With the difficulty of stopping people from carrying these devices, Bring Your
Own Device (BYOD) represents a paradigm shift, presenting new ways for
organizations to function and offering several advantages to businesses,
notably a reduction in hardware costs. Although BYOD (allowing people to bring
their technological devices to schools or workplaces) sounds simple in words,
BYOD implementations come with their own challenges (security related problems
at first). This study aims to analyze the perceptions of a group of South
Korean undergraduate and master students (n=110 in total) about BYOD
implementations in schools and in workplace separately. The study instrument
had three sections; (i) basic demographics (age, gender and currently attending
education level), (ii) 12 survey items on a Likert scale for BYOD perception at
school questions, and (iii) 12 survey items on a Likert scale for BYOD
perception at workplace questions. After the analyses of demographics, separate
independent sample t-tests were applied in order to check if each set of 12
items for BYOD at school and at workplace significantly differ for gender and
education level variables. While no significant difference was revealed based
on gender variable, education level demonstrated differences on certain items.
At the end, the 12 items for BYOD at school and BYOD at workplace were compared
by applying paired samples t-tests to the dataset where significant differences
were also observed for some items. The general results showed that participants
supported BYOD in schools more than BYOD at workplace. Besides, master students
showed more trust than undergraduate students on cyber-security both at school
and at workplace.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Other Fields of Education |
Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Publication Date | December 1, 2019 |
Acceptance Date | September 24, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 6 Issue: 2 |