Research Article

From Chance to Serendipity: Knowledge Workers’ Experiences of Serendipitous Social Encounters

Table 5

Categories of the follow-up phase identified in the respondents’ stories.

CategoryExamples from the stories

Repeated interactions (30 stories)Multiple meetings or chats that gradually lead to identification of potentially valuable outcomes
Contact information exchanges (6 stories)Capturing opportunities for later, for instance, by exchanging business cards or contact details