Figure 2.
The framework contains an Input, a Mediator, an Output and a Moderator. The Input is Algorithmic Management, cited to Lee et al, 2015, and includes algorithmic surveillance, task allocation and feedback mechanisms. An arrow connects Algorithmic Management to the Mediator, Informal Learning, cited to Marsick and Watkins, 1990. Informal Learning includes peer-based learning, experiential skills acquisition and platform adaptation. An arrow then connects Informal Learning to the Output, Equity Outcomes. Equity Outcomes include digital labour, with autonomy or precarity and a citation to Marx, 1867; inclusion, with gender or caste equity and a citation to Crenshaw, 1989; and learning equity, with skill access and a citation to Van Dijk, 2005. The Moderator includes Socio-Economic Factor, with gender, castes, class bias and digital literacy barriers; Worker Agency; Algorithmic Opacity; and Regulatory Bodies. Dashed paths from the Moderator connect to the relationship between Algorithmic Management and Informal Learning and to the relationship between Informal Learning and Equity Outcomes.Conceptual framework (IMO model)
Source: Authors’ own work