...Reijo Savolainen Purpose To elaborate the nature of factors triggering information seeking. To this end, the conceptualisations of immediate and contextual impetus for information seeking presented in the explanatory models of information behaviour (IB) and information seeking are examined...

...Huan Zhong; Zhengbiao Han Purpose To explore the project-specific information-seeking pathways of Chinese parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and understand the information seeking in their daily lives. Design/methodology/approach This study utilized the interview, critical...

... shifts. Moreover, the research aims to provide actionable insights based on this scaffolding concept for individuals navigating transitions. Design/methodology/approach This preliminary and exploratory study took a phenomenological approach to examine the role of information seeking and personal...

... life information seeking. Later studies have proposed a more holistic approach to everyday life in times when the boundaries between work-related and free-time activities have become blurred, due to the growing use of networked information technologies and telecommuting. Since the late 1990s...

... (community members) were strained by the social distancing measures and closures. These findings have theoretical and practical implications for considering the impact of social restrictions on information seeking behaviors of older adults in a time of crisis. Originality/value This study is the first...

...Emil Petersen; Jesper Gabs Jensen; Tove Faber Frandsen Purpose Information seeking can be used to make sense of a situation or solve a problem. Information seeking can be considered a coping strategy when facing illness, crisis or other life-changing events. Cancer is a globally occurring, life...

... Concepts Human information behaviour Information seeking Models Critique is an integral element of scientific discourse and a significant factor the advancement of research. The word critique originates from Greek kritikḗ, a noun derivative from kritikós, i.e...

... information, unclear authoritative and reliable informational sources, and difficulties in judging the authenticity of the information were the most common obstacles for them in information seeking. Nevertheless, the majority of the students agreed that they were very satisfied and somewhat satisfied...

...Musa Dauda Hassan; Dietmar Wolfram Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the information needs and seeking behaviors of African refugees in the Midwest United States. The research also investigates the sources participants consulted and their satisfaction with their information seeking...

... represent a valuable example of end-user appropriation within extraordinary constraints, which may be of use in other information-seeking contexts where dedicated or bespoke tools are impractical or ill-advised. Sarah Nikkhah can be contacted at: snikkhah@iu.edu 12 11 2019 15 05 2020 19...

... 2019 22 07 2019 24 07 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Social media Information seeking Sense making Diabetes Illness management Virtual health communities The sense-making framework is a meta...

... and/or using information and manifest as a disruption in the information seeking process (Wilson, 1981, 1997, 1999 ; Świgoń, 2011a, b, c ; Savolainen, 2016). Barriers can exist as something that is tangible or incorporeal, such as library anxiety (Świgoń, 2011b) or twentieth century segregation laws (Knott...

...Reijo Savolainen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the creation of a holistic picture of information behavior by examining the connections between information seeking and sharing. Design/methodology/approach Conceptual analysis is used to focus on the ways in which...

...Reijo Savolainen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to elaborate the picture of the motivators for information seeking by comparing two cognitive psychological approaches to motivation: self-determination theory (SDT) and expectancy-value theories (EVTs). Design/methodology/approach...

...Yiwei Wang; Chirag Shah Purpose People face barriers and failures in various kinds of information seeking experiences. These are often attributed to either the information seeker or the system/service they use. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how and why individuals fail to fulfill...

...Reijo Savolainen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to elaborate the picture of the motivators for information behaviour by examining the nature of information need as a trigger and driver of information seeking. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual analysis was made by focussing...

.... But considering the time effect, this performance boost does not keep up with the increased group size. Originality/value The findings shed light not only on when, how, and why certain collaborations become successful, but also how team size affects specific aspects of information seeking, including...

...Yosef Solomon; Jenny Bronstein Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of serendipity in legal information seeking behavior of family law advocates, whom act in a challenging information environment that lacks published court rulings. Design/methodology/approach...

...Xianjin Zha; Wentao Wang; Yalan Yan; Jinchao Zhang; Daochen Zha Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the antecedents of information seeking in digital libraries from the perspectives of the Technology Acceptance Model and flow experience, as well as the consequences from...

... by five major factors: uncertainty, ambiguity, low level of specificity, and the need for discovery and learning from multiple sources (Marchionini, 2006 ; Kules and Capra, 2009 ; Wildemuth and Freund, 2012). White and Roth (2009) define exploratory search as “a type of information seeking and a type...