More Communication Less Information: Engage Virtual Meeting Attendees From a Cognitive Load Theory Perspective
Jie Sun et al.
What the paper says
Drawing on the cognitive load theory (CLT), this study develops a research framework to investigate the effects of different psychosocial factors in virtual meeting attendees on their engagement behavior. Two hundred ninety-eight online surveys were collected. PLS-SEM was employed to analyze the proposed hypotheses. The results showed that information overload and communication overload impact virtual meeting attendees’ engagement directly and indirectly through mental fatigue and self-efficacy. This study also reveals that attendees with different motivations (education vs. networking) are influenced differently by mental fatigue and self-efficacy. The findings of the current research offer actionable implications for event planners to improve attendees’ engagement during the virtual meeting.
2 citations
Evidence weight
Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40
| F · citation impact | 0.25 × 0.4 = 0.10 |
| M · momentum | 0.55 × 0.15 = 0.08 |
| V · venue signal | 0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03 |
| R · text relevance † | 0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20 |
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