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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
卷 32, 期 3, 页码 485-507出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/0960085X.2021.1977729
关键词
Algorithmic control; gatekeeping vs; guiding; micro-level legitimacy; continuance intention; workaround use; platform-based gig work
The use of algorithmic control (AC) in combination with independent work raises questions about gig workers' perceptions of AC practices and their legitimacy judgements. This study finds that micro-level legitimacy judgements play a central role in mediating the relationships between gig workers' perceptions of different AC forms and their behavioral reactions.
Organisations increasingly rely on algorithms to exert automated managerial control over workers, referred to as algorithmic control (AC). The use of AC is already commonplace with platform-based work in the gig economy, where independent workers are paid for completing a given task (or gig). The combination of independent work alongside intensive managerial monitoring and guidance via AC raises questions about how gig workers perceive AC practices and judge their legitimacy, which could help explain critical worker behaviours such as turnover and non-compliance. Based on a three-dimensional conceptualisation of micro-level legitimacy tailored to the gig work context (autonomy, fairness, and privacy), we develop a research model that links workers' perceptions of two predominant forms of AC (gatekeeping and guiding) to their legitimacy judgements and behavioural reactions. Using survey data from 621 Uber drivers, we find empirical support for the central role of micro-level legitimacy judgements in mediating the relationships between gig workers' perceptions of different AC forms and their continuance intention and workaround use. Contrasting prior work, our study results show that workers do not perceive AC as a universally bad thing and that guiding AC is in fact positively related to micro-level legitimacy judgements. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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