From the Rule of Thumb to the Rule of the Algorithms: Command and Control in Ride-Hailing Platforms
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Resumo: | By using a Commonsian approach to the mechanisms of control present in the wealth-creating managerial transactions, we aim to investigate the command-and-control relationship between digital platforms of ride-hailing services and their drivers. Despite being commonly defined as technology companies acting as multisided markets, thus, intermediaries between its end-users, the on-demand ridesharing platforms also share the feature of controlling their labor force—usually working under self-employed statuses—through opaque and unilaterally defined working rules by its algorithms. We argue that, by recovering Commons’ idea of going concerns and their constitutive elements of going plants and going business, platforms can be seen as governance structures whose algorithmic mechanisms have systematized with high detailed capacity the working rules of their services (car rides), substituting the role played by workers’ experience and customs in establishing the methods of work. This transaction between workers and platform results in a state of insecurity on the side of the workers, marked by a lack of democratic participation and asymmetric bargaining power. |
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From the Rule of Thumb to the Rule of the Algorithms: Command and Control in Ride-Hailing Platformsalgorithmic managementCommonsdigital platformsride-hailingscientific managementBy using a Commonsian approach to the mechanisms of control present in the wealth-creating managerial transactions, we aim to investigate the command-and-control relationship between digital platforms of ride-hailing services and their drivers. Despite being commonly defined as technology companies acting as multisided markets, thus, intermediaries between its end-users, the on-demand ridesharing platforms also share the feature of controlling their labor force—usually working under self-employed statuses—through opaque and unilaterally defined working rules by its algorithms. We argue that, by recovering Commons’ idea of going concerns and their constitutive elements of going plants and going business, platforms can be seen as governance structures whose algorithmic mechanisms have systematized with high detailed capacity the working rules of their services (car rides), substituting the role played by workers’ experience and customs in establishing the methods of work. This transaction between workers and platform results in a state of insecurity on the side of the workers, marked by a lack of democratic participation and asymmetric bargaining power.São Paulo State University (UNESP), Campus AraraquaraDepartment of Agricultural Food and Resource Economics Michigan State UniversityDepartment of Economics São Paulo State University (UNESP), Campus AraraquaraSão Paulo State University (UNESP), Campus AraraquaraDepartment of Economics São Paulo State University (UNESP), Campus AraraquaraUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Michigan State UniversityJeronimo, Rodrigo Constantino [UNESP]Scorsone, Eric Anthony [UNESP]Guedes, Sebastião Neto Ribeiro [UNESP]2023-03-01T20:57:25Z2023-03-01T20:57:25Z2022-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article530-536http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2022.2063657Journal of Economic Issues, v. 56, n. 2, p. 530-536, 2022.1946-326X0021-3624http://hdl.handle.net/11449/24133710.1080/00213624.2022.20636572-s2.0-85134172806Scopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengJournal of Economic Issuesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-06-10T19:42:20Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/241337Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T14:21:23.667094Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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From the Rule of Thumb to the Rule of the Algorithms: Command and Control in Ride-Hailing Platforms |
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From the Rule of Thumb to the Rule of the Algorithms: Command and Control in Ride-Hailing Platforms |
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From the Rule of Thumb to the Rule of the Algorithms: Command and Control in Ride-Hailing Platforms Jeronimo, Rodrigo Constantino [UNESP] algorithmic management Commons digital platforms ride-hailing scientific management |
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From the Rule of Thumb to the Rule of the Algorithms: Command and Control in Ride-Hailing Platforms |
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From the Rule of Thumb to the Rule of the Algorithms: Command and Control in Ride-Hailing Platforms |
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From the Rule of Thumb to the Rule of the Algorithms: Command and Control in Ride-Hailing Platforms |
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From the Rule of Thumb to the Rule of the Algorithms: Command and Control in Ride-Hailing Platforms |
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From the Rule of Thumb to the Rule of the Algorithms: Command and Control in Ride-Hailing Platforms |
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Jeronimo, Rodrigo Constantino [UNESP] |
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Jeronimo, Rodrigo Constantino [UNESP] Scorsone, Eric Anthony [UNESP] Guedes, Sebastião Neto Ribeiro [UNESP] |
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Scorsone, Eric Anthony [UNESP] Guedes, Sebastião Neto Ribeiro [UNESP] |
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Michigan State University |
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Jeronimo, Rodrigo Constantino [UNESP] Scorsone, Eric Anthony [UNESP] Guedes, Sebastião Neto Ribeiro [UNESP] |
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algorithmic management Commons digital platforms ride-hailing scientific management |
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algorithmic management Commons digital platforms ride-hailing scientific management |
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By using a Commonsian approach to the mechanisms of control present in the wealth-creating managerial transactions, we aim to investigate the command-and-control relationship between digital platforms of ride-hailing services and their drivers. Despite being commonly defined as technology companies acting as multisided markets, thus, intermediaries between its end-users, the on-demand ridesharing platforms also share the feature of controlling their labor force—usually working under self-employed statuses—through opaque and unilaterally defined working rules by its algorithms. We argue that, by recovering Commons’ idea of going concerns and their constitutive elements of going plants and going business, platforms can be seen as governance structures whose algorithmic mechanisms have systematized with high detailed capacity the working rules of their services (car rides), substituting the role played by workers’ experience and customs in establishing the methods of work. This transaction between workers and platform results in a state of insecurity on the side of the workers, marked by a lack of democratic participation and asymmetric bargaining power. |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2022.2063657 Journal of Economic Issues, v. 56, n. 2, p. 530-536, 2022. 1946-326X 0021-3624 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/241337 10.1080/00213624.2022.2063657 2-s2.0-85134172806 |
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Journal of Economic Issues, v. 56, n. 2, p. 530-536, 2022. 1946-326X 0021-3624 10.1080/00213624.2022.2063657 2-s2.0-85134172806 |
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