information, which has aroused a growing interest for serendipity in human information behavior. Despite numerous publications …, few have systematically provided an overview of current state of serendipity research. Consequently, researchers and … domain. Against this backdrop, we performed a systematic literature review to explore the world of serendipity and to …

Purpose In several existing studies of Information Encountering (IE), a recurring sub-phenomenon of serendipity arises …

Purpose Serendipity is an interesting phenomenon to study in information science as it plays a fundamental – but … operationalize the concept of serendipity by providing terminological “building blocks” for understanding connections between … affordances in physical and digital environments that can facilitate serendipity. Design/methodology/approach In this paper …

and use of information encountered by serendipity within the organization. Design/methodology/approach The authors …

Serendipity plays an important role in science and technology development. This article investigates serendipity as a …