Binding the Future: Participatory Algorithmic Configuration and the Narrowing of Discretion
Published online on June 29, 2026
Abstract
Organization, Ahead of Print.
This paper examines how algorithmic control operates when workers participate in configuring the systems that organize their own work. Drawing on a longitudinal case study in a public-sector agency, it shows how teams translated shared priorities into ...
This paper examines how algorithmic control operates when workers participate in configuring the systems that organize their own work. Drawing on a longitudinal case study in a public-sector agency, it shows how teams translated shared priorities into ...