...Fredrick Kiwuwa Lugya Purpose This paper aims to develop a comprehensive taxonomy of context in human information behavior (HIB) by synthesizing interdisciplinary perspectives to address fragmented definitions and applications of context in research. Design/methodology/approach The study...

...Juliana Mestre Purpose This study demonstrates how individual paradigms implicate the questions asked, methods used and results drawn in association with a common object of study in human information behavior (HIB) research – the relationship between uncertainty and decision-making. Design...

... or re-align current work, for beginners who need to quickly understand serendipity, and for practitioners who seek to cultivate serendipity in information environments. Serendipity Information encountering Serendipitous information discovery Human information behavior Information seeking...