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The Relationship between Time Pressure and Digital Hoarding Behaviour among Researchers: a dual-path Mechanism Study

  • Qin Chunxiu ,
  • Li Fan ,
  • Ma Xubu ,
  • Liu Yaxi ,
  • Lü Shuyue
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  • 1 School of Economics and Management, Xidian University, Xi'an 710126;
    2 Shaanxi Information Resources Research Center, Xi'an 710071;
    3 School of Public Administration, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105
Qin Chunxiu, Professor, PhD; Li Fan, Doctoral Candidate, Corresponding Author, E-mail: 785638049@qq.com; Ma Xubu, Professor, PhD; Liu Yaxi, Lecturer, PhD; Lü Shuyue, Doctoral Candidate.

Received date: 2025-04-21

  Revised date: 2025-06-09

  Online published: 2026-06-09

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This work is supported by the National Social Science Fund Key project titled “Research on the Fine Organization and Precise Service Model of Literature Resources in Key Core Fields in China Driven by Scenarios” (Grant No. 22ATQ002).

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] The rapid advancement of digital technology has led to an information explosion, while also triggering widespread digital hoarding behavior. As a core group in knowledge production, researchers are particularly prone to falling into digital hoarding. Given that time pressure is a common challenge faced by this group and often elicits two distinct types of responses, gaining deeper insight into the pathways through which time pressure influences researchers’ digital hoarding can help reveal its underlying mechanisms and provide a theoretical basis for effectively mitigating this phenomenon. [Method/Process] Based on an empirical analysis of 400 valid questionnaires from researchers, we examines the mechanisms through which challenge-hindrance time pressure affects digital hoarding behavior among researchers, and tests the moderating role of data literacy in this relationship. [Result/Conclusion] The results showed that: challenging time pressure negatively affects researchers’ digital hoarding, and cognitive absorption fully mediates the mechanism of challenging time pressure on digital hoarding; threatening time pressure positively affects researchers’ digital hoarding, and research emotional exhaustion fully mediates the mechanism of threatening time pressure on digital hoarding. In addition, the moderating effect of data literacy was significant, and the negative effect of cognitive absorption on digital hoarding was stronger when the level of data literacy was higher. This study reveals the path of time pressure on the digital hoarding behavior of researchers, which enriches and expands the existing research in the field of digital hoarding behavior, and also provides theoretical basis and practical suggestions for alleviating digital hoarding of researchers.

Cite this article

Qin Chunxiu , Li Fan , Ma Xubu , Liu Yaxi , Lü Shuyue . The Relationship between Time Pressure and Digital Hoarding Behaviour among Researchers: a dual-path Mechanism Study[J]. Library and Information Service, 2026 , 70(12) : 13 -27 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2026.12.002

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