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Dissertation Information for Soussan D. Djamasbi

NAME:
- Soussan D. Djamasbi

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- University of Hawaii (USA) (2004)

ADVISORS:
- William E. Remus

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Elizabeth J. Davidson
- Elizabeth Nakaeda Kunimoto
- Jeffrey Cole Ady
- Dharm P.S. Bhawuk

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: Does affect influence information overload?

Abstract: Recent developments in the information and communication technology have made it possible to provide managers with large amounts of information. Although information technology has been instrumental in improving the access and flow of information, it has also been instrumental in creating an overload of this same information for businesses and organizations. Consequently, the problem of information overload and ways to manage it have been the focus of a great number of studies in the MIS literature. A large body of the studies that examine the effects of information overload view decision makers as rational actors who process information inputs into decision outputs and whose performance is constrained by their cognitive structure. Recent psychological investigations have shown that affective states such as positive mood can regularly and significantly influence and enhance one's cognitive structure and flexibility. In the light of these psychological studies, it is reasonable to believe that mood may influence the effects of information overload. That is, it is reasonable to expect that the performance of the people in positive mood will be better than their control counterparts under the conditions of information overload. Thus, this study intends to extend prior work on information overload by establishing mood as an important variable in the existing models.

This study is conducted in two parts. In Part I, the effects of positive mood on cue utilization and accuracy of the judgments using a Decision Support System (DSS) are investigated. Part II of this study extends the investigations of Part I (i.e. the effects of positive mood on cue utilization and judgmental accuracy) to include information overload. To do this, the impact of positive mood on cue utilization and judgment accuracy using a DSS under a baseline load level and an overload level is examined.


MPACT Scores for Soussan D. Djamasbi

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TA = 0
calculated 2008-01-31 06:31:26

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