A Perceptional Analysis of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) for Educational or Workplace Implementations in a South Korean Case

Authors : Jin Hwa LEE, Hasan TİNMAZ

Pages : 51-64

Doi:10.17275/per.19.12.6.2

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Publication Date : 2019-12-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :As the communication and information technologies insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(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 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(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 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(allowing people to bring their technological devices to schools or workplaces); sounds simple in words, BYOD implementations come with their own challenges insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(security related problems at first);. This study aims to analyze the perceptions of a group of South Korean undergraduate and master students insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=110 in total); about BYOD implementations in schools and in workplace separately. The study instrument had three sections; insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(i); basic demographics insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(age, gender and currently attending education level);, insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ii); 12 survey items on a Likert scale for BYOD perception at school questions, and insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(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.
Keywords : BYOD, Bring Your Own Device, Education, Workplace, South Korea, Security, Policy