The problem of information overload in business organisations: a review of the literature

By Angela Edmunds, Anne Morris. International Journal of Information Management, 2000

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Subfields: Communication, Information Systems, Information Systems and Management

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The Concept of Information Overload: A Review of Literature from Organization Science, Accounting, Marketing, MIS, and Related Disciplines (2004, background): “…and organization • Overlapping and inconsistent information categories Eppler, 1998 • Ignore information and be highly selective (omission) Bawden, 2001; Edmunds and Morris, 2000; Herbig and Kramer, 1994; Hiltz and Turoff, 1985; Sparrow, 1999 • False sense of security due to uncertainty…”
Perceived information and communication technology (ICT) demands on employee outcomes: the moderating effect of organizational ICT support. (2012, background): “ICT provides employees with opportunities to gain information at a faster speed than ever before (Edmunds & Morris, 2000).”
The Rate and Delay in Overload: An Investigation of Communication Overload and Channel Synchronicity on Identification and Job Satisfaction (2011, background): “Such technologies are often deemed as timesaving devices, but they have also been flagged as the cause of increases in communication overload (Bawden, 2001; Edmunds & Morris, 2000).”
Clusters and knowledge: local buzz, global pipelines and the process of knowledge creation (2004, background): “Solutions put forward to reduce such overload often include the use of various types of filters to separate important and relevant information from irrelevant, unclear and inaccurate fragments of information (cf. Edmunds and Morris 2000).”
Psychological and Health Outcomes of Perceived Information Overload (2012, background): “Other studies suggest that the perception of information overload and its attendant strains have been exacerbated by rapid advances in digital communication technologies (Edmunds & Morris, 2000; Eppler & Mengis, 2004).”
Does Too Much News on Social Media Discourage News Seeking? Mediating Role of News Efficacy Between Perceived News Overload and News Avoidance on Social Media (2019, background): “While information overload can be invoked by various types of information sources, such as advertisements, promotions, and announcements (Edmunds & Morris, 2000), news overload is invoked by exposure to too much news (Holton & Chyi, 2012).”
Antecedents and effects of social network fatigue (2014, background): “Additionally, the problem of “information overload” or the receipt of too much information resulting in stress (Eppler & Mengis, 2004) has also been discussed extensively in the literature (Edmunds & Morris, 2000; Koniger & Janowitz, 1995; Simpson & Prusak, 1995).”
Who has read the policy on plagiarism? Unpacking students' understanding of plagiarism (2014, background): “An answer may be found in the business and marketing literature on information overload (Edmunds and Morris 2000).”
Switching on and off … : Does smartphone use obstruct the possibility to engage in recovery activities? (2014, background): “Consequently, information overload and loss in control over information flow can become a stressor in work (Edmunds & Morris, 2000).”
The stress potential of social media in the workplace (2013, background): “…Taylor & Francis http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2012.710245 than they may meaningfully process; this may generate not only information overload (Edmunds & Morris 2000; Ragu-Nathan et al. 2008; Karr-Wisniewski & Lu 2010; Ayyagari et al. 2011), but also work overload as ‘workplace norms for…”