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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Exploring the dark and unexpected sides of digitalization: Toward a critical agenda
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich
  • Andreas Scherer
  • Iain Munro
  • Glen Whelan
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Organization
Publisher Sage Publications
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 1350-5084
Volume 28
Number 1
Page Range 8 - 25
Date 2021
Abstract Text Digitalization has far-reaching implications for individuals, organizations, and society. While extant management and organization studies mainly focus on the positive aspects of this development, the dark and potentially unexpected sides of digitalization for organizations and organizing have received less scholarly attention. This special issue extends this emerging debate. Drawing on empirical material of platform corporations, social movements, and traditional corporations, eight articles illuminate the various negative implications of the digitalization of work and organization processes, particularly for workers, employees, and activists. In this introduction,we contextualize these valuable contributions that underline the dangers of the ubiquity andsimultaneity of digitalization and begin to sketch out potential avenues toward a comprehensivecritical agenda of digitalization in organization studies.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1177/1350508420968184
Other Identification Number merlin-id:20068
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