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Explaining the Concept and Models of Serendipity In Information Search Process

Background and Aim: Searching for information is not always a targeted activity; it can also be done involuntarily. The serendipity has the ability to find information randomly and as something happy, something unexpected, or a pleasant surprise. This paper examines and analyzes the concept of serendipity and its models in the process of information searching. Methods: The present study uses a ...

The Role of Serendipity in Advancing of Human Knowledge

Examination of relationships among serendipity, the environment, and individual differences

Under what conditions is serendipity most likely to occur? How much is serendipity influenced by what a person brings to the process, and how much by the environment in which the person is immersed? This study assessed a) selected human characteristics that may influence the ability to experience serendipity (openness to experience, extraversion, and locus of control), and b) selected perceptio...

Exploring Serendipity's Precipitating Conditions

Serendipity is generally characterized as a sagacious, unsought discovery. Innovations and advances in science and engineering such as penicillin and Teflon as a result of interactions with tangible engineered and natural phenomena are often labeled serendipitous. Serendipity also results from more conceptual interactions with information, knowledge, and ideas. But how does serendipity emerge w...

Investigating serendipity: How it unfolds and what may influence it

Serendipity is not an easy word to define. Its meaning has been stretched to apply to experiences ranging from the mundane to the exceptional. Serendipity, however, is consistently associated with unexpected and positive personal, scholarly, scientific, organizational, and societal events and discoveries. Diverse serendipitous experiences share a conceptual space; therefore, what lessons can we...