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ABSTRACT
The objective of the study is to investigate the moderating role of stress management on the relation of information overload syndrome and performance of university students. It has been noticed that owing to rapid growth of internet, conducting research has become comparatively easy where data is readily available, but such immense information act as a noise and students face problem in selecting the exact information that results in stress and influences students' performance. Data has been collected through the students of University Utara Malaysia which has been used to draw research framework. The results of the paper concluded that information overload syndrome has an inverse effect on the performance of students. Moreover, the inclusion of moderating variable i.e. stress management changes the inverse impact into positive impact and has expanded the worth of explained deviation. Hence, the comprehensive framework has been accepted and the study underlined that there is a vital impact of stress management on the relation between information overload syndrome and students' performance.
Keywords: Information Overload Syndrome, Psychology, University Utara Malaysia, Postgraduates
INTRODUCTION
Outcome of students can be observed when there is over load of information on the students which results inverse productivity by virtue of information overload syndrome. In this era, the word overload is traditional. Students also get information blogs, emails and other sources where people are linked with each other and afterwards students share information and feelings on social media with others DeAndrea, Ellison, LaRose, Steinfield, and Fiore (2012).
Information overload consists difficulty level when students are burdened through extra load of information. Every student around the globe has its own capability that contains understanding level. Numerous tests can be applied to identify the level of understanding of a student. Understanding level of students can also be examined by giving assignments or tasks to them. Teachers can get high productivity if they know about the abilities of their students (Toffler, 2013).
The studies of information overload system are rapidly growing. In 20th century, the idea of information overload has introduced. The problem of information overload has expanded with the passage of time (Groes, & Sebastian 2016). Today, work overload can be found in students' groups as well as in various fields. But, it is a main problem for...