When more is too much: Operationalizing technology overload and exploring its impact on knowledge worker productivity

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1061-1072

  Karr Wisniewski, Pamela ^a   Lu, Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Cognitive load theory; Communication overload; Human interruption theory; Information overload; Productivity; System feature overload; Technology overload

Indexed keywords

BOUNDED RATIONALITY; COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY; COMMUNICATION OVERLOAD; HUMAN INTERRUPTION THEORY; SYSTEM FEATURES; THEORY INFORMATION;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77955267579     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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