Research project on workaround practices
Welcome to the website of the Workaround project, which focuses on the workarounds practices of workers dealing with algorithmic management technologies. This research project is coordinated by Claudine Bonneau, professor, and researcher at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
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Workaround project – presentation at the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) – 2024
Under the title “Algorithmic emotional labour: Exploring the interpretations and communicative practices of knowledge workers dealing with sentiment-analysis technologies”, Claudine Bonneau, Viviane Sergi and Jeremy Aroles will present preliminary results of the project in the sub-theme: Sub-theme 23: “Bringing (Knowledge) Work Back in”: Exploring the Impacts and Implications of Artificial Intelligence on Knowledge Work
Workaround project – presentation at the European Group of Organizational Studies EGOS – July 2023
Under the title “Workaround practices as a method to open up the black box of AI in organizations”, Claudine Bonneau, Viviane Sergi and Jeremy Aroles presented some methodological aspects of the project under the sub-theme “Explaining AI in the Context of Organizations”.
We are delighted to announce that the Workaround project has been awarded funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC – Insight Grant) for a 3-year period (2023-2026)!