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Global Labor: Algocratic Modes of Organization

Aneesh, A.·2009·Sociological Theory
DOI 10.1111/j.1467-9558.2009.01352.x
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This study investigates a practice that allows workers based in India to work online on projects for corporations in the United States, representing a new mode of labor integration. In the absence of direct bureaucratic control across continents, the question arises how this rapidly growing labor practice is organized. The riddle of organizational governance is solved through an analysis of software programming schemes, which are presented as the key to organizing globally dispersed labor through data servers. This labor integration through programming code is distinguished from two other systems of organization—bureaucracy and the market—while bringing out the salient features of each system in terms of its ruling principle: bureaucracy (legal-rational), the market (price), and algocracy (programming or algorithm). The logic of algocratic systems is explored methodically to analyze global work.

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Metadata

Authors
Aneesh, A.
Venue
Sociological Theory
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2009-12
Volume
27
Issue
4
Pages
347-370
ISSN
  • 0735-2751 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-9558
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9558.2009.01352.x
OpenAlex
W2013371352
Cited by
258
References
1
FWCI
4.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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