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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some people see their managers as lacking intelligence, but what if that “manager” is artificially intelligent? What if the manager is an app? A recent study suggests AI may be ready to serve ...

A new paper on Amazon’s anti-union efforts at its Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse is the first academic study to examine the ways Amazon has leveraged algorithms to crush pro-union movements inside one ...