Barriers to digital transformation in higher education institutions

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Digital transformation is ubiquitous, affecting all aspects of human life and benefiting the performance of organisations. Existing literature has shown that implementing digital transformation in higher education institutions remains a challenge. HEIs are unaccustomed to the radical shifts of this transformation and the course of digital transformation in higher education faces several barriers. These barriers impede organisations from realising the potential benefits of in universities. Consequently, the barriers were categorised into contextual, social, technical, and cultural.