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For Those About to Tag

For Those About to Tag

Jan H. Kietzmann
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781605663661|ISBN10: 1605663662|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616926106|EISBN13: 9781605663678
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-366-1.ch001
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Kietzmann, Jan H. "For Those About to Tag." Mobile and Ubiquitous Commerce: Advanced E-Business Methods, edited by Milena M. Head and Eldon Y. Li, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-366-1.ch001

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Kietzmann, J. H. (2009). For Those About to Tag. In M. Head & E. Li (Eds.), Mobile and Ubiquitous Commerce: Advanced E-Business Methods (pp. 1-14). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-366-1.ch001

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Kietzmann, Jan H. "For Those About to Tag." In Mobile and Ubiquitous Commerce: Advanced E-Business Methods, edited by Milena M. Head and Eldon Y. Li, 1-14. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-366-1.ch001

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Abstract

The recent evolution of mobile auto-identification technologies invites firms to connect to mobile work in altogether new ways. By strategically embedding “smart” devices, organizations involve individual subjects and real objects in their corporate information flows, and execute more and more business processes through such technologies as mobile Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID). The imminent path from mobility to pervasiveness focuses entirely on improving organizational performance measures and metrics of success. Work itself, and the dramatic changes these technologies introduce to the organization and to the role of the mobile worker are by and large ignored. The aim of this chapter is to unveil the key changes and challenges that emerge when mobile landscapes are “tagged”, and when mobile workers and mobile auto-identification technologies work side-by-side. The motivation for this chapter is to encourage thoughts that appreciate auto-identification technologies and their socio-technical impact on specific mobile work practices and on the nature of mobile work in general.

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