Publikation

Titel:

Personal Datafication in the Workplace—Are Modern Digital Work Surveillance Practices Reinventing Taylorism?

AutorInnen:

Riederer, Alexander
Bockshecker, Alina
Smolnik, Stefan

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erschienen in:

Proceedings of the 46th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 14-17 December 2025, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 10 Seiten, forthcoming.

Abstract:

Digital technologies enable the personalization of data in the workplace, enhancing processes and boosting individual and organizational productivity. Conducting a structured literature review following vom Brocke et al. (2009), we examine how modern personal datafication transforms employee surveillance from a Taylorism perspective. Our findings suggest that digital technologies, such as sensors, artificial intelligence (AI), and big data, significantly expand surveillance possibilities and lead to “digital Taylorism.” While this development presents new opportunities for organizations to enhance their processes, structures, and productivity, it also poses significant risks to workers’ dignity and autonomy. Our findings highlight the central role of managers to implement personal datafication technologies in the workplace for social good in an ethical way and the endeavors for further (empirical) research on personal datafication, digital Taylorism, and the information systems design.