Thriving at Work: Redesigning performance management in a more human-centred way
THIRD EDITION OF THE “CONTROL AS PRACTICE” WORKSHOP
April 30, 2025, ESSEC Campus La Défense, CNIT, Paris
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Building on the success of our previous workshops, we are delighted to present the third edition of our initiative on “Control as practice”, which comes back with a new theme and a new format.
This year, we turn our focus to the hidden costs of performance and control management systems. These systems, while designed to enhance efficiency, motivation and accountability, often have unintended negative consequences such as demotivation, stress, burnout, bias, and unethical behavior.
Our goal is to reimagine performance management through a lens of responsibility and care. Together, we will explore how to design responsible performance management systems—systems that not only achieve organizational goals but also promote employee well-being and foster a culture of ethical excellence.
We encourage researchers to explore the following topics in their submissions (non-exhaustive list):
The impact of performance measurement and control on employees’ well-being and motivation.
The challenges of remote and hybrid work on managerial control and employee autonomy
The emerging tools and forms of control, including algorithmic management and their impact on well-being, trust, accountability and inequality.
The ethical dimensions of performance measurement systems’ design and use, and the role of control systems in encouraging (un)ethical behaviours.
The effects of performance measurement systems on inequalities at work
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