Purpose: This paper examines the relationship between information overload and students’ attitude towards plagiarism in three theological institutions in South-west, Nigeria.
Design/methodology/approach: The study employed a descriptive survey research design with a correlational approach, targeting undergraduate and postgraduate students in three theological institutions in the South-west region of Nigeria due to easy accessibility and convenience for data collection at the time of the study. A sample size of 355 participants was arrived at by adopting a two-stage random sampling technique. Data collection involved the use of a questionnaire, and the analysis involved simple descriptive measures such as mean, frequency counts, percentages and standard deviation for the research questions and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) for the hypothesis.
Findings: Results showed that the respondents experienced a high level of information overload. In addition, most respondents disagreed that copying the contents of a book or journal word for word is acceptable, depicting a negative attitude towards plagiarism.
Originality: The study provides original data on the relationship between information overload and students’ attitude towards plagiarism in three theological institutions in South-west, Nigeria.