Smartphones are now ubiquitous and valuable in many professions and yet have also been blamed for creating an ‘always on’ culture, blurring boundaries between work and home. Research has shown that checking e-mails out-of-hours via computer makes workers feel more overloaded with work but also increases their sense of coping. A total of 94 participants completed a survey exploring whether the s...

Study examines the sources and origins of information overload, its effects on knowledge workers, and its overall implications for business companies. The main argument presented in this study is that information overload is not a singular issue but that it arises out of a combination of excessive amount of both sought information and supplied information (i.e. interruptions and distractions). ...

A general class of overload control mechanism for communication and switching systems is mode led and analyzed in this paper. The overload indicator is considered to be the amount of unfinished work in the system. The overload control is based on a throttling mechanism for new arriving requests when the load status of the system is above a predefined threshold. The input process, modeling the s...

Work stress is endemic among direct care workers (DCWs) who serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Social resources, such as work social support, and personal resources, such as an internal locus of control, may help DCWs perceive work overload and other work-related stressors as less threatening and galvanize them to cope more effectively to prevent burnout. However, li...

As email use becomes more ubiquitous in organisations, negative effects that stem from its use are becoming more prevalent. This study considers Email Overload as a negative product of email use. It explores the link between the personality traits of Self-esteem and Locus of Control and Email Overload. Furthermore it proposes a link between the level of perceived Email Overload and individual p...