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When algorithms set the roster: algorithmic scheduling, work-time control, and work-related burnout among hotel employees
Originally published 2026-10-07 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1958975 ↗
AI / system type
Algorithmic hotel scheduling; no generative-AI claim
Working-family evidenceDirectly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
The AI connection
System or context examined: Algorithmic hotel scheduling; no generative-AI claim. Algorithmic management/control is not assumed to be machine learning or generative AI.
Why this reading matters
The reading brings algorithmic rosters, time control and work–family strain into a concrete discussion of humane work during technological change. It offers cross-sectional frontline hotel-worker survey evidence or analysis, not a promise of organizational or family benefit.
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
The workplace lens is algorithmic rosters, time control and work–family strain. Source setting or population: Frontline hotel employees in Shandong Province, China, surveyed in May–June 2026. Work–life or work–family outcomes are studied directly, with no additional inference about children’s development.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
Does a smart roster make enough room for the people living around it?
This cross-sectional frontline hotel-worker survey examines algorithmic rosters, time control and work–family strain. Its TRICK home is Kindness, an editorial reading path rather than a claim that the paper tests the full framework.
Study context
Frontline hotel employees in Shandong Province, China, surveyed in May–June 2026
Age / stage: Adult workplace context; no child age range inferred
Read with three questions
- Does a smart roster make enough room for the people living around it?
- What do this study’s design and population — Frontline hotel employees in Shandong Province, China, surveyed in May–June 2026 — allow you to infer about another workplace?
- When considering algorithmic rosters, time control and work–family strain, which decisions would need employee input before applying this reading to a working family’s circumstances?
Keep the limits in view
Self-reported cross-sectional pathways do not establish a causal scheduling-to-burnout chain; supportive supervision is not a replacement for control over work time.
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Mingzhuo Wang; Puvaneswaran Kunasekaran (2026). When algorithms set the roster: algorithmic scheduling, work-time control, and work-related burnout among hotel employees Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1958975
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