Adversaries or Cross-Organization Co-workers? Exploring the Relationship between Gig Workers and Conventional Employees

MD Maffie - ILR Review, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This article explores how gig workers interact with more conventional employees. Drawing
on original qualitative and quantitative data from Instacart shoppers and grocery store staff …

Pacifying the algorithm–Anticipatory compliance in the face of algorithmic management in the gig economy

EL Bucher, PK Schou, M Waldkirch - Organization, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Algorithmic management is used to govern digital work platforms such as Upwork or Fiverr.
However, algorithmic decision-making is often non-transparent and rapidly evolving, forcing …

Algorithmic control in platform food delivery work

K Griesbach, A Reich, L Elliott-Negri, R Milkman - Socius, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Building on an emerging literature concerning algorithmic management, this article analyzes
the processes by which food delivery platforms control workers and uncovers variation in the …

[PDF][PDF] What people hate about being managed by algorithms, according to a study of Uber drivers

M Möhlmann, O Henfridsson - Harvard Business Review, 2019 - researchgate.net
Companies are increasingly using algorithms to manage their remote workforces. Called
“algorithmic management,” this approach has been most widely adopted in gig economy …

Dark side of algorithmic management on platform worker behaviors: A mixed‐method study

Y Lu, MM Yang, J Zhu, Y Wang - Human Resource …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This research investigates the impact of algorithmic management on worker behaviors,
focusing on workers' commitment to service quality and referral tendencies. Drawing upon …

Algorithmic management reimagined for workers and by workers: Centering worker well-being in gig work

A Zhang, A Boltz, CW Wang, MK Lee - … of the 2022 CHI conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Prior research has studied the detrimental impact of algorithmic management on gig workers
and strategies that workers devise in response. However, little work has investigated …

Expanding the locus of resistance: Understanding the co-constitution of control and resistance in the gig economy

LD Cameron, H Rahman - Organization Science, 2022 - pubsonline.informs.org
Existing literature examines control and resistance in the context of service organizations
that rely on both managers and customers to control workers during the execution of work …

Platform Precarity: surviving algorithmic insecurity in the gig economy

A Wood, V Lehdonvirta - Available at SSRN 3795375, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Digitalization and the use of algorithms have raised concerns regarding the future of work;
the gig economy being identified by some as particularly concerning. Yet academic research …

Challenge or Hindrance? The Dual Impact of Algorithmic Control on Gig Workers' Prosocial Service Behaviors

X Liang, W Fu, P Luo, Y Huo - Behavioral Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Algorithmic technological progress presents both opportunities and challenges for
organizational management. The success of online labor platforms hinges on algorithmic …

Algorithmic management and algorithmic competencies: Understanding and appropriating algorithms in gig work

MH Jarrahi, W Sutherland - … 2019, Washington, DC, USA, March 31–April …, 2019 - Springer
Data-driven algorithms now enable digital labor platforms to automatically manage
transactions between thousands of gig workers and service recipients. Recent research on …