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Revolutionizing and Balancing Algorithmic Management: Power and Justice

In: Technology, Management, and Design for Social Justice

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  • Latha Poonamallee

    (Parsons School of Design)

  • S. G. Akhil

    (Case Western Reserve University)

Abstract

Algorithmic management (AM) restructures workplace authority by displacing human judgment in interpersonal, informational, and decisional roles through computational systems (Mintzberg). Using Fraser’s justice framework—redistribution, recognition, and representation—extended by temporal maldistribution, epistemic misrecognition, and scalar misframing, we identify multifaceted harms. Framed within Bodrožić and Adler’s cyclical technological transformation theory, we show how exogenous shocks accelerate disruptive “revolutionizing” phases, followed by “balancing” cycles of worker resistance and institutional reform. Our integrated conceptual model provides a roadmap for analyzing and addressing the structural injustices embedded in AM.

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  • Latha Poonamallee & S. G. Akhil, 2026. "Revolutionizing and Balancing Algorithmic Management: Power and Justice," Springer Books, in: Latha Poonamallee & Simy Joy & Joanne Scillitoe & Anita Howard & Akhil S.G. (ed.), Technology, Management, and Design for Social Justice, chapter 2, pages 21-47, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-032-20821-7_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-20821-7_2
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