...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...

... 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 practitioners are less able to make effective use of existing achievements, which limits them from...