Artificial Intelligence and Work - Transforming Work, Organizations, and Society in an Age of Insecurity

This thought-provoking book looks at how AI technologies are changing organizations, society and the world of work, combining breadth, critical analysis and academic rigour.  

List of contents

Part 1 Historical and Global Context
1 Technology, Societal Change, and Artificial Intelligence - John Bratton
2 The New Dark Age of Artificial Intelligence - Shireen Kanji
3 Neoliberalism and Global Supply Chains - Jamie Woodcock
4 Global AI Policies and International Business - Claire Kilpatrick & Kieran M Conroy
5 Financialization, Artificial Intelligence, and Employment - Rachelle Pascoe Deslauriers
6 The New Enigmas: AI and Platform Work - Edward Granter and Mattia Bosciano
7 Just AI? Gender, Power, and Intersectional Discrimination - Birgit Schippers
Part 2 Key Issues
8 Power and Artificial Intelligence - Saara Ala-Luopa, Thomas Olsson, Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi
9 Developing and Deploying Ethical AI: A Global Challenge - Laura Steele and Roslyn Larkin
10 Artificial Intelligence and Leadership - Laura Steele
11 The Power of AI to Reshape Human Resource Management - John Bratton
12 Artificial Intelligence and Workers' Voice: A Threat to Democracy? - Rea Prouska and Kabiru Oyetunde
13 Re-thinking Work-Life Balance in the Age of AI: Exploring the Intersections of Gender, Race, Age, and Disability - Stuart McClure, Bahareh Ansari, Julie McCandless, and Laura Steele
14 AI and Organizational Sustainability in the Face of the Climate Crisis - Andrew Bratton

About the author

John Bratton is Honorary Professor in the Management School at Queen′s University Belfast, Northern Ireland. He has taught HRM and labour relations in UK and Canadian business schools for over 30 years. His research interests and publications have focused on the sociology of work, leadership and workplace learning.Laura Steele is a Senior Lecturer in Business and Society at Queen’s Business School, Queen’s University Belfast, where she also serves as the Director of Ethics, Responsibility, and Sustainability. 

Product details

• Authors: John Steele Bratton
• Assisted by: John Bratton (Editor), Bratton John (Editor), Laura Steele (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.02.2025
• EAN: 9781529667240
• ISBN: 978-1-5296-6724-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Artificial Intelligence, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, Business innovation, Organizational theory & behaviour, Management: leadership & motivation, Management: leadership and motivation, Personnel & human resources management, Organizational theory and behaviour