Institutional Environment and the Use of Blockchain Technology: Exploring the Context and Conditions of Using Blockchain in the Higher Education Institutions

IF 2.8 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI:10.1111/hequ.70034

Buddhi Pathak, Mhd Fadi Alakkad, Vikas Kumar

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Abstract

Blockchain (BC) technology is widely believed to be the next disruptive technology that can address challenges in higher education institutions (HEIs) and support resilient strategies. This study aims to contribute to the literature and inform policymakers about BC's capability and potential in HE by examining enablers, barriers and contextual factors influencing BC adoption in HEIs. Through qualitative research, including interviews with 20 BC experts, we identified 12 factors affecting BC adoption. Key enablers include immutability, scalability, usability, management commitment, collaboration and standardisation, while barriers encompass government regulations, bureaucracy, governance and language. Additionally, privacy and cost emerged as factors that could act as both enablers and barriers. Our findings highlight the critical role of the institutional environment, revealing five new enablers and barriers to BC adoption in HE. We offer several strategies for facilitating BC technology adoption, taking into account the environmental, institutional and technological in-depth insights gained from this research.

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机构环境与b区块链技术的使用：探讨高等教育机构使用区块链的背景和条件

b区块链（BC）技术被广泛认为是下一个颠覆性技术，可以解决高等教育机构（HEIs）面临的挑战，并支持弹性战略。本研究旨在通过研究影响高等学校采用BC的因素、障碍和背景因素，为文献做出贡献，并告知决策者BC在高等教育中的能力和潜力。通过定性研究，包括对20位BC专家的访谈，我们确定了12个影响BC采用的因素。关键的推动因素包括不变性、可扩展性、可用性、管理承诺、协作和标准化，而障碍包括政府法规、官僚主义、治理和语言。此外，隐私和成本也成为了推动和阻碍因素。我们的研究结果强调了制度环境的关键作用，揭示了高等教育采用BC的五个新的推动因素和障碍。考虑到从本研究中获得的环境、制度和技术方面的深入见解，我们提供了几种促进BC技术采用的策略。

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期刊介绍： Higher Education Quarterly publishes articles concerned with policy, strategic management and ideas in higher education. A substantial part of its contents is concerned with reporting research findings in ways that bring out their relevance to senior managers and policy makers at institutional and national levels, and to academics who are not necessarily specialists in the academic study of higher education. Higher Education Quarterly also publishes papers that are not based on empirical research but give thoughtful academic analyses of significant policy, management or academic issues.