New EJIS publication delivers empirical insights into the design of algorithmic control systems

As part of their DFG-funded AlgoWork project (project description on DFG website), Armin Alizadeh and Alexander Benlian (both from TU Darmstadt), together with Martin Wiener, have published a new article in the European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS). The authors introduce a three-layer conceptual framework for algorithmic control systems (control, data, and organizational embedding) and outline key design choices within each layer. Drawing on this framework, they conducted an experimental vignette study with 329 workers to examine how these design choices shape workers’ perceptions of autonomy and exploitation and, ultimately, their judgments of system legitimacy.

The full article is available open access at: https://doi.org/10.1080/0960085X.2025.2576230

The EJIS is one of the leading international journals in the field of Information Systems (IS), featuring a five-year impact factor of 10.7. According to the VHB Publication Media Rating 2024, it is rated as an A journal.