: the rise of algorithmic management and the new struggle for control at work Gent, Craig creator author. text bibliography enk 2024 2024 monographic eng 247 pages ; 21 cm Across the world, algorithms are changing the nature of work. Nowhere is this clearer than in the logistics and distribution sectors, where workers are instructed, tracked and monitored by increasingly dystopian management technologies. In Cyberboss, Craig Gent takes us into workplaces where algorithms rule to excavate the politics behind the newest form of managerial power. Combining worker testimony and original research on companies such as Amazon, Uber, and Deliveroo, the cutting edge of algorithmic management technology, this book reveals the sometimes unexpected effects these new techniques have on work, workers and managers. Gent advances an alternative politics of resistance in the face of digital control. The Stakes — Algorithmic Work — Management — Technological Politics — Algorithmic Management — Refusal and Resistance — Epilogue. / Craig Gent. Includes bibliographical references and index. Management Data processing Work environment HD30.2 .G467 2024 9781839768552 2024009815 DLC 240304 20260511114640.0 on1427180261 eng