Exploring the Inescapable Suffering among Postgraduate Researchers: Information Overload Perceptions and Implications for Future Research
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| Title: | Exploring the Inescapable Suffering among Postgraduate Researchers: Information Overload Perceptions and Implications for Future Research |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Al-Kumaim, Nabil Hasan (ORCID |
| Source: | International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education. 2021 17(1):19-41. |
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| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 23 |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research Tests/Questionnaires |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Graduate Students, Researchers, Student Research, Barriers, Information Technology, Internet, Doctoral Students, Stress Variables, Coping, Environmental Influences, Research Skills, Supervisors, Interpersonal Communication, Personal Autonomy, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | Malaysia |
| DOI: | 10.4018/IJICTE.2021010102 |
| ISSN: | 1550-1876 |
| Abstract: | This study aims to get a deep understanding of the causes, effects, and remedies of information overload (IO) phenomenon among postgraduate scholars in the era of advanced internet technology. In-depth semi-structured face-to-face interviews and focus group interviews were implemented. Majority of the participants in this study exposed that IO represents real inescapable suffering that severely affects their research performance in different stages of their research. Time-consuming, cost, inferior research work, and poor personal health, isolation, low level of creativity and productivity are some of the major drawbacks resulted from IO. The collected data were thematically analysed using NVivo 12 software; the results were introduced five main themes that described information overload's forms, causes, consequences, and the ways to overcome IO phenomenon. Some practical insights and implications were provided to the decision-makers and professionals in higher education institutions to manage information overload and to reduce its negative effects among postgraduate students. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1282428 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This study aims to get a deep understanding of the causes, effects, and remedies of information overload (IO) phenomenon among postgraduate scholars in the era of advanced internet technology. In-depth semi-structured face-to-face interviews and focus group interviews were implemented. Majority of the participants in this study exposed that IO represents real inescapable suffering that severely affects their research performance in different stages of their research. Time-consuming, cost, inferior research work, and poor personal health, isolation, low level of creativity and productivity are some of the major drawbacks resulted from IO. The collected data were thematically analysed using NVivo 12 software; the results were introduced five main themes that described information overload's forms, causes, consequences, and the ways to overcome IO phenomenon. Some practical insights and implications were provided to the decision-makers and professionals in higher education institutions to manage information overload and to reduce its negative effects among postgraduate students. |
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| ISSN: | 1550-1876 |
| DOI: | 10.4018/IJICTE.2021010102 |
