1. Making sense of the algorithm : perceptions of algorithmic management in location-based platform workBarbara Švagan, Suzana Laporšek, Ajda Fošner, Suzana Sedmak, Elizabeta Zirnstein, Ana Grdović Gnip, Klemen Širok, Igor Stubelj, 2025, objavljeni povzetek znanstvenega prispevka na konferenci Opis: This study explores how on-location platform workers perceive and interpret algorithmic management within digitally mediated labor environments. While platforms often present their algorithmic systems as neutral, objective, and designed for efficiency, workers frequently encounter them as opaque, inconsistent, and lacking in transparency. In the absence of clear communication about how decisions, such as task allocation, performance ratings, and disciplinary measures, are made, workers engage in a process of sensemaking and develop informal theories to explain how the system functions. These interpretations play a key role in shaping workers’ daily strategies and behaviors. Perceptions about what actions are rewarded or punished, such as logging in at certain times, consistently accepting tasks, or demonstrating specific behavioral patterns, influence how workers organize their availability, pace their work, and try to align with platform expectations. Even when these assumptions are speculative, they nonetheless produce real behavioral effects. In this way, algorithmic ambiguity becomes a powerful mechanism of indirect control. Workers begin to self-discipline based on presumed algorithmic preferences, even in the absence of formal rules or explicit feedback. This dynamic reinforces power asymmetries, as the platform retains control over decision making while minimizing accountability and managerial visibility. Drawing on existing empirical literature, this study argues that the power of algorithmic management lies not only in its ability to automate coordination and oversight, but also in the psychological and behavioral effects it produces through uncertainty. By centering the interpretations and practices of workers, the paper offers insight into the lived experience of platform work and the subtle, often invisible mechanisms through which control is exercised. This perspective contributes to a more nuanced understanding of algorithmic governance in the platform economy, emphasizing that platform power operates as much through worker perception as it does through code. Our study also highlights the need for further research into how such systems shape worker agency, motivation, and well-being.
Ključne besede: platform work, algorithmic management, job quality
Objavljeno v RUP: 01.07.2025; Ogledov: 152; Prenosov: 9
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3. Factors influencing the acceptance of alternative protein sourcesMojca Stubelj, Erika Gleščič, Boštjan Žvanut, Klemen Širok, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Introduction The adequate consumption of protein-rich foods is essential for optimal human growth, development and health. However, climate change threatens global food security by disrupting agriculture and food supply chains. One possible strategy to avoid this is a sustainable diet and the consumption of plant-based protein substitutes, insect-derived proteins and cultured meat. Methods The factors that could explain the (non-)acceptance of such foods in the population were investigated. The study included 458 adults who responded to our online questionnaire. Results The results of our survey showed that 66.2 % of the respondents were open to including plant-based sources in their diet. 23.1 % were willing to eat meals derived from insects and 21 % were willing to eat cultured meat. Acceptance of these alternative protein sources was found to be influenced by a number of factors, including demographics, familiarity, frequency of meat consumption and the intention to reduce meat consumption in the future. Men and people who had tried insect-based foods in the past were more favourable towards the consumption of insect-based foods and cultured meat. The regression analysis showed that the higher the level of neophobia towards food technologies and aversion to eating insects, the lower the interest in trying cultured meat. Women have a lower interest in trying cultured meat. Conclusions The consumer acceptance of new protein sources in the diet can be measured by assessing their attitudes towards such sources. This understanding can in turn facilitate the formulation of future public health strategies to create more sustainable dietary standards in the face of climate change.
Ključne besede: plant proteins, cultured meat, entomophagy, ecological awareness, climate change
Objavljeno v RUP: 30.05.2025; Ogledov: 290; Prenosov: 6
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