Edouard Pignot

@article{pignot_1750,

title = {Who is pulling the strings in the platform economy? Accounting for the dark and unexpected sides of algorithmic control},

author = {Edouard Pignot},

url = {https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1350508420974523#},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-12-01},

journal = {Organization},

abstract = {This paper aims to address the dark side perspective on digital control and surveillance by emphasizing the affective grip of ideological control, namely the process that silently ensures the subjugation of digital labour, and which keeps the ?unexpectedness' of algorithmic practices at bay: that is, the propensity of users to contest digital prescriptions. In particular, the theoretical contribution of this paper is to combine Labour Process with psychoanalytically-informed, post-structuralist theory, in order to connect to, and further our understanding of, how and why digital workers assent to, or oppose, the interpellations of algorithmic ideology at work. To illustrate the operation of affective control in the Platform Economy, the emblematic example of ride-hailing platforms, such as Uber, and their algorithmic management, is revisited. Thus, the empirical section describes the way drivers are glued to the algorithm (e.g. for one more fare, or for the next surge pricing) in a way that prevents them, although not always, from considering genuine resistance to management. Finally, the paper discusses the central place of ideological fantasy and cynical enjoyment in the Platform Economy, as well as the ethical implications of the study.},

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@article{pignot_1672,

title = {Affective Politics and Technology Buy-In: A Framework of Social, Political, and Fantasmatic Logics},

author = {Edouard Pignot},

url = {https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol21/iss4/6/},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-07-01},

journal = {Journal Of The Association For Information Systems},

volume = {21},

number = {4},

pages = {901-935},

abstract = {We propose a socially informed explanation of technology framing by examining technology ?buy-in??actors' relative susceptibility to such framing. We draw on the field of critical social theory to introduce the ?Logics,? a new framework to the IS discipline that reveals a performative relationship between collective framing, power, and affect. The Logics enable us to study buy-in by revealing the differing degrees of affective self-identification that underpin and color social practices, showing their inherently political nature. We exemplify the affective as well as social politics of buy-in with an account of Unity 3D, a market-leading game engine that underwent a major repositioning from ?fringe? to ?mainstream? markets, and discuss four poles of affective positioning with which to conceptualize technology buy-in. We conclude by highlighting the consequent need for greater political and ethical awareness about the framing of IS and by proposing a framework for conceptualizing actors' orientations toward and thus possible buy-in or resistance to technology framing.},

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@article{pignot_1671,

title = {Bringing down the house (of Goldman Sachs): Analyzing corrupt forms of trading with Lacan},

author = {Edouard Pignot},

url = {http://www.ephemerajournal.org/contribution/bringing-down-house-goldman-sachs-analyzing-corrupt-forms-trading-lacan},

year  = {2015},

date = {2015-05-01},

journal = {Ephemera},

volume = {15},

number = {2},

pages = {387-409},

abstract = {Why do organizational members derive pleasure from being dishonest? The paper seeks to respond to this question by adopting a psychoanalytically informed approach to the analysis of how individuals perceive their own corruptness. I focus in particular on the Goldman Sachs Abacus deal, a notorious case of corruption concealed behind a facade of legality. Building on the detailed analysis of emails exchanges from within Goldman Sachs, I utilize the Lacanian concept of ?ideological fantasy' to discuss how the traders' narratives bear witness to a certain logic of fantasy that appears to fuel corrupt activities. I also examine the cover-up tactics which were adopted to camouflage the corrupt operations and make them appear licit. Corrupt performances and their cover-up are theorized as forms of self-transgressive jouissance, a simultaneously pleasurable and self- destructive practice that is needed to sustain and protect the impossible norms of the corporation.},

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