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A study on the Effect of Process, IT, and Organization Characteristics on Business Process Virtualizability

업무 환경의 디지털 전환에서 업무 특성, IT 특성, 조직 특성이 업무 프로세스 가상성에 미치는 영향 연구

  • Yituo Feng (Department of Management Information Systems, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Sundong Kwon (Department of Management Information Systems, Chungbuk National University)
  • 풍일척 (충북대학교 경영정보학과) ;
  • 권순동 (충북대학교 경영정보학과)
  • Received : 2022.07.01
  • Accepted : 2022.11.17
  • Published : 2022.11.30
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Abstract

Organizations are attempting a digital transformation that converts physical business processing into virtual business processing. Through this digital transformation, organizations are overcoming time and space constraints and creating competitiveness. The digital transformation of this work environment has been accelerated as many organizations have implemented remote work due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic. This study focused on business process virtualizability, which is the result of the rapid digital transformation of the work environment. Business process virtualizability is the resulting quality, such as the suitability or excellence of business processing in a virtual environment. This research model is the effect of process, IT and organizational characteristics on business process virtualizability. As a result of the verification of people who have experienced remote work in a virtual environment, first, it was confirmed that, in terms of process characteristics, sensory requirements affect business process virtualizability, but relationship requirements, synchronism requirements, and identification and control requirements do not. Second, in terms of IT characteristics, it was confirmed that representation and reach affect business process virtualizability. Third, it was confirmed that, in terms of organizational characteristics, job autonomy affects business process virtualizability, but evaluation unfairness does not. This study found that representation and reach of IT had the most significant influence on business process virtualizability, job autonomy was next, and sensory requirements had the lowest influence. This presents practical implications for organizations to increase the success potential of business process virtualizability.

조직은 물리적 환경에서의 업무 처리를 정보시스템과 인공지능 기반의 가상적 업무 처리로 디지털 전환함으로써 업무수행에 따른 시간과 공간의 제약을 극복하고 경쟁력을 창출하고 있다. 이러한 업무 환경의 디지털 전환은 최근 코로나19 팬데믹으로 많은 조직이 원격근무를 실시하면서 급진전 되었다. 본 연구에서는 급격한 업무 환경의 디지털 전환이 가져온 성과인 업무 프로세스 가상성에 초점을 두고 연구하였다. 업무 프로세스 가상성은 가상환경에서의 업무처리의 적합성이나 수월성과 같은 결과적 품질이다. 본 연구에서는 프로세스 가상화 이론에 근거하여 업무 특성과 IT 특성과 조직 특성이 업무 프로세스 가성성에 미치는 연구모형을 수립하였다. 가상 환경에서 원격근무를 경험한 사람들을 대상으로 검증한 결과, 첫째, 업무 특성 측면에서 감각적 요구는 업무 프로세스 가상성에 영향을 미치지만, 관계적 요구, 동기화 요구, 식별제어 요구는 영향이 없음을 확인하였다. 둘째, IT 특성 측면에서 표현력과 도달력은 업무 프로세스 가상성에 영향을 미치는 것을 확인하였다. 셋째, 조직 특성 측면에서 근무 자율성은 업무 프로세스 가상성에 영향을 미치지만, 평가 불공정성은 영향이 없음을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 업무 프로세스 가상성에 IT의 표현력과 도달력이 가장 큰 영향을 미치고, 직무 자율성은 다음이며, 감각적 요구는 영향이 가장 낮음을 규명함으로써 업무 프로세스 가상화의 성공 가능성을 높이기 위한 실무적 시사점을 제시했다는 점에서 의미가 있다.

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