The Internet of People, Things and Services

4Sustainable Careers and IoPTS

May the Internet of People, Things and Services Be Too Much of a Good Thing for Career and Human Resource Management?

Veronica M. Godshalk

Introduction

This chapter will explore how the Internet of People, Things and Services (IoPTS) provides both opportunities for advancing employees’ careers and potential concerns that employees and human resource managers will need to attend to as the IoPTS inevitably becomes a common part of the career and technology landscape. The Internet has increased our ability to interact with other people and to share career-related information and services globally. We are enabled to work collaboratively over long distances and increase our scope of learning. But what will the IoPTS ...