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Algorithms at Work: The New Contested Terrain of Control
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The widespread implementation of algorithmic technologies in organizations prompts questions about how algorithms may reshape organizational control. We use Edwards’ (1979) perspective of “contested terrain,” wherein managers implement production technologies to maximize the value of labor and workers resist, to synthesize the interdisciplinary research on algorithms at work. We find that algorithmic control in the workplace operates through six main mechanisms, which we call the “6 Rs”—employers can use algorithms to direct workers by restricting and recommending, evaluate workers by recording and rating, and discipline workers by replacing and rewarding. We also discuss several key insights regarding algorithmic control. First, labor process theory helps to highlight potential problems with the largely positive view of algorithms at work. Second, the technical capabilities of algorithmic systems facilitate a form of rational control that is distinct from the technical and bureaucratic control used by employers for the past century. Third, employers’ use of algorithms is sparking the development of new algorithmic occupations. Finally, workers are individually and collectively resisting algorithmic control through a set of emerging tactics we call algoactivism. These insights sketch the contested terrain of algorithmic control and map critical areas for future research.
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“However, the use of advanced algorithms cre-ates new opportunities for managers to exercise control over the workforce (Kellogg et al., 2020; Shapiro, 2018).”
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“Management scholars have therefore provided very little insight into AI during the last two decades (Kellogg, Valentine, & Christin, 2020;Lindebaum, Vesa, & den Hond, 2020).”
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“Whenever the key actors of an organization negotiate who is authorized (4.1 & 4.3) to modify the AI system and to what extent modification is to be undertaken, dimensions of power and control are on the table (Kellogg et al. 2020;Ren 2019;Vallas and Hill 2012).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kellogg, K. C., Valentine, M. A., & Christin, A.
- Affiliations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Stanford University (US)
- Department of Communication Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences
- Venue
- Academy of Management Annals
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 2020-01
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 366-410
- ISSN
- 1941-6067 (ISSN-L)
- 1941-6520
- OpenAlex
- W2990520658
- Cited by
- 2,732
- References
- 284
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1145 · 2025: 477 · 2024: 350 · 2023: 288 · 2022: 247 · 2021: 175 · 2020: 48
- FWCI
- 237.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academy of Management Annals (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Industrial relations › Legal and Labor Studies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- Keywords
- algorithmic control, contested terrain, labour process theory, rational control, employee resistance, worker evaluation, worker discipline
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