Digital transformation in higher education and its effects on working life: A comparative analysis on public universities in Konya

The processes that take place during the stages of social transformation have been shaped on the infrastructures of that period, bearing the traces of previous periods. The technological developments and changes that have taken place in these processes have aimed to facilitate the needs of people. The development of technology by changing rapidly has come to an important place in human life. The level of development of societies is directly related to having knowledge and using information technologies effectively. The information society that emerged after the agricultural and industrial society is represented by the invention of the computer and information sharing. As technology has influenced every field, it has also influenced the field of higher education. Higher education institutions have tasks such as meeting the needs of societies for qualified manpower, conducting scientific research, ensuring the transmission of culture from generation to generation. The importance of effective use of technology in higher education has increased more and more. As a result, it has become necessary to provide the necessary integration in terms of teaching, learning and working processes. Technological developments affecting working life in the process of Decoupling between societies have changed the definitions of profession and duties together with the information society. As a result of these developments, it is expected that some business areas will disappear and new business lines will emerge. In this study, first of all, the development process and transition processes to the information society, which occur together with the stages of social transformation, were discussed; then information about digital transformation was provided. Then, the concept and history of higher education, the concepts of work and profession, working life in the process of digital transformation were widely examined; then, the effects of digital transformation on working life in higher education were focused on. Subsequently, a survey was conducted on the effects of digital transformation on working life for 520 people from administrative personnel working at Public Universities in Konya, and the data obtained were analyzed by analyzing and evaluating them in the SPSS program.