Algorithmic Surveillance in the Gig Economy: The Organization of Work through Lefebvrian Conceived Space
运用列斐伏尔的空间三元组理论，深入剖析了按需送餐平台如何依赖数据捕获生成的构想空间进行监控，而忽视工人物质身体现实中的感知空间和生活空间，对研究非人类观察者监控的组织学者有参考价值。
Workplace surveillance is traditionally conceived of as a dyadic process, with an observer and an observee. In this paper, I discuss the implications of an emerging form of workplace surveillance: surveillance with an algorithmic, as opposed to human, observer. Situated within the on-demand food-delivery context, I draw upon Henri Lefebvre’s spatial triad to provide in-depth conceptual examination of how platforms rely on conceived space, namely the virtual reality generated by data capture, while neglecting perceived and lived space in the form of the material embodied reality of workers. This paper offers a two-fold contribution. First, it applies Henri Lefebvre’s spatial triad to the techno-centric digital cartography used by platform-mediated organisations, assessing spatial power dynamics and opportunities for resistance. Second, this paper advances organisational research into workplace surveillance in situations where the observer and decision-maker can be a non-human agent.