BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:REQUEST PRODID:Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:GMT Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16010101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT ORGANIZER;CN=Daniele Quercia:mailto:daniele.quercia@polito.it ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE;CN=smartdater s@smartdata.polito.it:mailto:smartdaters@smartdata.polito.it ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE;CN=members@sm artdata.polito.it:mailto:members@smartdata.polito.it ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE;CN=MINDS:mail to:minds@polito.it ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE;CN=HCI:mailto :hci@polito.it ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Responsibl e AI:mailto:responsibleai@polito.it ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE;CN=nexa@serve r-nexa.polito.it:mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en-US:Algoactivism: How Platform Workers Contest Algor ithmic Management\n\nMartin Wiener\, TU Dresden\, Germany\n\nFormat: 35 mi n talk + 25 min Q&A\n\nOnline meeting\n\n\nAlgorithmic management (AM) has be come a defining feature of online labor platforms (OLPs)\, profoundly shap ing platform workers’ control over their working conditions. Prior resea rch has documented diverse forms of worker resistance to AM—or algoactiv ism—yet existing studies rest on two problematic assumptions. First\, th ey often assume that algoactivistic practices are uniformly accessible and arise directly from workers’ perceptions of structural constraints. Sec ond\, they assume that such practices are primarily reactive forms of resi stance broadly targeted at the OLP’s AM system. These assumptions obscur e heterogeneity in workers’ motivations and resources\, as well as varia tion in how algoactivistic practices unfold. This study develops a more nu anced understanding of platform workers’ algoactivism by tracing how cor responding practices emerge through situated\, reflective\, and resource-d ependent processes. Drawing on the contested terrain lens from labor proce ss theory\, we conceptualize the interplay between OLPs and workers as an ongoing struggle over control of working conditions. We examine this strug gle in the context of Uber\, a widely recognized extreme case of AM. Using a computer-assisted grounded theory approach that integrates topic modeli ng with qualitative coding procedures across multiple data sources\, we de velop a process-theoretical model of how platform workers contest AM. Our model centers on three recurring dynamics—reassessing terrain\, explorin g opportunities for contestation\, and contesting terrain through algoacti vistic practices—and yields two core theoretical contributions. First\, we show that worker algoactivism depends on continual terrain reassessment s and uneven capacities to engage in three forms of resourcing: algorithm\ , market\, and voice resourcing. Second\, we theorize algoactivism as a he terogeneous and multi-arena phenomenon comprising self-optimizing\, distan cing\, and confronting practices that vary in their logics\, targets\, and durability. Together\, these contributions advance a more dynamic and age ntic understanding of worker algoactivism and provide actionable insights for the design and governance of platform-mediated work.\n\nMartin holds t he Chair of Business Information Systems\, esp. Business Engineering at TU Dresden\, Germany. He is also an Affiliated Researcher at FAU Erlangen-N ürnberg (Germany) and the Stockholm School of Economics Institute for Res earch (Sweden). Before joining TU Dresden\, he was an Associate Professor at Bentley University\, USA. His research focuses on algorithmic control a nd management\, digital transformation processes\, human-AI collaboration\ , and value creation through open data. His work has been published in lea ding Information Systems journals\, including MIS Quarterly (MISQ)\, Infor mation Systems Research (ISR)\, and the Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS). He currently serves as Senior Editor for the Information S ystems Journal(ISJ) and as Associate Editor for Business & Information Sys tems Engineering (BISE) and ISR.\n\n\nSubscribe to future talk announcemen ts: Anyone outside Bell Labs can receive talk announcements by subscribing to the mailing list. To subscribe\, send an empty email with the subject line "Subscribe RAI" to daniele.quercia@polito.it\n\n\n UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E008000000001BC012CC0F6DDD01000000000000000 010000000323B3943A05A5249BDA5859097207E9C SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-US:[Responsible AI] Algoactivism\, Martin Wiener DTSTART;TZID=GMT Standard Time:20261109T153000 DTEND;TZID=GMT Standard Time:20261109T163000 CLASS:PUBLIC PRIORITY:5 DTSTAMP:20261105T102521Z TRANSP:OPAQUE STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-APPT-SEQUENCE:0 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-OWNERAPPTID:2125146889 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:TENTATIVE X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INTENDEDSTATUS:BUSY X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INSTTYPE:0 X-MICROSOFT-DONOTFORWARDMEETING:FALSE X-MICROSOFT-DISALLOW-COUNTER:FALSE X-MICROSOFT-REQUESTEDATTENDANCEMODE:DEFAULT X-MICROSOFT-ISRESPONSEREQUESTED:TRUE BEGIN:VALARM DESCRIPTION:REMINDER TRIGGER;RELATED=START:-PT15M ACTION:DISPLAY END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR