{"id":1260,"date":"2015-11-17T15:53:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T15:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dataethics.eu\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2015-11-17T15:53:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T15:53:57","slug":"being-a-human-driver-with-an-algorithm-as-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dataethics.eu\/da\/being-a-human-driver-with-an-algorithm-as-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Being a human driver with an algorithm as boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ng-scope\">Research: It can be tough being a human in a machine\u2019s world. Over six months, two researchers studied\u00a0how workplace automation affects Uber drivers. What they found, in online forums and interviews, isn\u2019t always pretty. Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psmag.com\/business-economics\/the-future-of-work-for-uber-drivers-data-is-the-boss\" target=\"_blank\">story here <\/a>and the<a href=\"http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2686227\" target=\"_blank\"> research paper here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Abstract of research paper: This empirical study explores labor in the on-demand economy using the rideshare service Uber as a case study. By conducting sustained monitoring of online driver forums and interviewing Uber drivers, we explore worker experiences within the on-demand economy. We argue that Uber\u2019s digitally and algorithmically mediated system of flexible employment builds new forms of surveillance and control into the experience of using the system, which result in asymmetries around information and power for workers. In Uber\u2019s system, algorithms, CSRs, passengers, semiautomated performance evaluations, and the rating system all act as a combined substitute for direct managerial control over drivers, but distributed responsibility for remote worker management also exacerbates power asymmetries between Uber and its drivers. Our study of the Uber driver experience points to the need for greater attention to the role of platform disintermediation in shaping power relations and communications between employers and workers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research: It can be tough being a human in a machine\u2019s world. 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