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Reuters report also identified some of the effects of overload, specifically:
- time is wasted - 38% of managers surveyed reported wasting substantial amounts of time looking for information;
- delayed decision-making - 43% of respondents thought that decisions were delayed or adversely affected by the existence of too much information;
- distraction - 47% of respondents reported being distracted from their main tasks;
- stress � leading to tension with colleagues, loss of job satisfaction, ill-health (reported by 42%), reduced social activity (61%), and tiredness (60%)
