Mind the Gap: A Theory Development Approach for Explaining the Divergence of Human Information Processing Capacity and Information Amount

Bruckner M, Grüning M, Lindenmayr M, Schmalenbach K (2022)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Other publication type

Publication year: 2022

Edited Volumes: Pre-ICIS Workshop on the Digitization of the Individual (DOTI)

Abstract

While the amount of available information increases, humans have limited capacity to store and process such information amounts. We know where and when such limits are exhausted, but we know little about the diverging gap between limited human information processing capacity and unlimited information supply. Based on the thought-gear model of theorizing, we conceptualize a theoretical model to describe implications and effects of this diverging gap. With our research, we describe the increasing reliance on information technology that makes overwhelming information amounts processable for the human brain, and we provide insights on consequences of this increasing dependency. In addition, we contribute to the body of literature by providing a macro-level model to support an explanation of this phenomenon. Furthermore, our results shed light on three strategies to meet this gap, responding to calls for research on human-technology interaction and for the digitization of the individual.

Authors with CRIS profile

Kian Schmalenbach Schöller Endowed Chair for Information Systems (Digitalization in Business and Society)

Involved external institutions

Technische Universität München (TUM) DE Germany (DE) Georg-August-Universität Göttingen DE Germany (DE) Universität Augsburg DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Bruckner, M., Grüning, M., Lindenmayr, M., & Schmalenbach, K. (2022). Mind the Gap: A Theory Development Approach for Explaining the Divergence of Human Information Processing Capacity and Information Amount.

MLA:

Bruckner, Moritz, et al. Mind the Gap: A Theory Development Approach for Explaining the Divergence of Human Information Processing Capacity and Information Amount. 2022.

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