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Understanding Individual's Switching Intentions to Cloud Computing Service: Based on the Social Exchange Theory

개인 클라우드 컴퓨팅 서비스로의 전환의도에 관한 연구: 사회교환이론을 중심으로

  • Received : 2015.01.06
  • Accepted : 2015.03.28
  • Published : 2015.03.31
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Abstract

While the importance of adopting cloud computing service has been emerged, comparatively little research has been conducted on examining factors of an individual user's intention to switch toward cloud computing service. Hereafter, this study presents and empirically tests users' intention to switch to cloud computing. Our model posits that the characteristics of cloud computing such as effectiveness, economics, accessability, switching cost, security concern, and satisfaction toward existing IT service to cloud service affect perceived value, which in turn, influences intention to switch. An experimental study using student subjects provided empirical validation for our proposed model. Survey data from 204 respondents was used to test the model using partial least square analysis. As the result of the analysis, five hypotheses out of seven hypotheses were supported. According to our results, among the characteristics of cloud computing, effectiveness, economics, switching cost, and security concern were found to have significant impact on users' intention to switch that mediated by perceived value. Based on our research findings, we hope that this research will stimulate researchers' interest in the emerging area of cloud computing adoption.

클라우드 컴퓨팅은 지속적 성장세를 보이고 있고, 개인 클라우드 컴퓨팅 서비스의 중요성이 확대되고 있다. 이러한 중요성에 견주어, 본 연구의 목적은 어떤 이유로 기존 컴퓨팅 환경에서 클라우드 컴퓨팅 환경으로 전환을 하는 것인지, 또 어떤 요인들이 전환을 저해하는지에 대한 판단의 근거를 탐색하고자 한다. 본 연구에서는 사회교환이론을 연구의 이론적 프레임워크로 하여, 지각된 가치와 전환의도와의 관계를 실증적으로 분석하였다. 이를 위해 선행연구를 기초로 클라우드 컴퓨팅 서비스의 특성요인을 도출하였고, 이러한 요인들이 지각된 가치를 매개로 전환의도에 영향을 주는지를 파악하는 연구모형을 설정하였다. 총 7개의 연구가설을 제안하였으며, 총 204개의 데이터를 SmartPLS를 통해 가설을 검증하였다. 검증결과, 제안한 7개의 가설 중, 5개의 가설이 지지되었다. 동기요인 중에서는 효율성과 경제성이 지각된 가치를 매개로 전환의도에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고, 저해요인 중에서는 전환 비용과 보안우려가 전환의도의 선행요인임을 규명하였다. 본 연구는 실무적 차원 혹은 조직관점에서 논의되어 온 클라우드 컴퓨팅 서비스를 개인 수준에서 접근하였다는데 의의가 있다. 또한 클라우드 컴퓨팅 서비스로의 전환의도를 동기요인과 저해요인의 이요인 관점에서 논의하였다는데 또 다른 의의를 갖고 있다.

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