The quantified worker : law and technology in the modern workplace

Author/Creator:

Ajunwa, Ifeoma, author

Publication/Creation:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

The quantified worker : law and technology in the modern workplace / Ifeoma Ajunwa, University of North Carolina School of Law

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

Labor laws and legislation
Data protection--Law and legislation
Employees--Effect of technological innovations on.
Labor laws and legislation--United States

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction -- The rise of scientific management -- Socio-legal responses to scientific management -- Automated hiring and discrimination -- Personality job tests -- Automated video interviews -- The unbounded workplace and worker surveillance -- Wearable tech : the quantified self at work -- Workplace wellness programs -- Telecommuting and health surveillance in the Covid-19 era -- Quantified racism -- The ethical dimensions of worker quantification -- Regulating mechanical managers -- Conclusion : imagining a better future for workers.

Summary:

The information revolution has ushered in a data-driven reorganization of the workplace. Big data and AI are used to surveil workers and shift risk. Workplace wellness programs appraise our health. Personality job tests calibrate our mental state. The monitoring of social media and surveillance of the workplace measure our social behavior. With rich historical sources and contemporary examples, The Quantified Worker explores how the workforce science of today goes far beyond increasing efficiency and threatens to erase individual personhood. With exhaustive detail, Ifeoma Ajunwa shows how different forms of worker quantification are enabled, facilitated, and driven by technological advances. Timely and eye-opening, The Quantified Worker advocates for changes in the law that will mitigate the ill effects of the modern workplace.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 461 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

General Note:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 May 2023).

Local Note:

Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937747360302486

ISBN:

9781316888681