In more and more workplaces, important decisions aren't made by managers but by algorithms which have increasing levels of ...

Aislinn Kelly-Lyth, formerly a researcher at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford, works at Blackstone Chambers in London. M. Six Silberman and Halefom Abraha are postdoctoral ...

Algorithms are being deployed to automate managerial tasks in an increasingly wide variety of industries and settings. Amazon, Uber, and UPS, for example, use them to oversee the movements and ...

Algorithms-as-managers keep seeping into our workplace landscape, creating work orders, handling timesheets, tracking performance, and other tasks. At this time, algorithmically managed jobs range ...

The “algorithmic Panopticon” is already here, argues journalist Gent in this foreboding debut exploration of “stringent” managerial practices that rely on AI. Through firsthand accounts from employees ...

Artificial intelligence is changing how we work. But it is still unclear what tasks AI will ultimately take over. Will we leverage AI as our own personal executive assistants? Or will AI end up ...

In this article we analyse the significance for critical logistics studies of a neglected chapter in industrial relations history, the introduction of so-called ‘Engineered Standards’ into the ...

Gig economy workers are being surveilled, profiled and managed by their employers using “unfair and opaque” algorithmic systems, and existing employment and data protection laws largely fail to ...

To achieve efficiencies and reduce costs, more and more companies are managing their employees by algorithm. In this article, the authors present some of the first research findings concerning the ...