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Psychol."],"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Introduction<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The rapid expansion of algorithmic management in the gig economy has sparked widespread concerns over workers\u2019 behavioral resistance to algorithmic constraints, yet the underlying psychological mechanism between perceived algorithmic control and workers\u2019 anti-algorithm behavior remains underexplored. This study examines the mechanism linking perceived algorithmic control to workers\u2019 anti-algorithm behavior in the gig economy, with particular attention to the mediating role of perceived overqualification.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A three-wave longitudinal design was adopted to collect valid data from 483 food delivery riders across three cities in eastern China, and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was employed for empirical analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The findings indicate that perceived algorithmic control \u2014 operationalized through stringent normative guidance, real-time surveillance, and behavioral constraints \u2014 is positively associated with anti-algorithm behavior. Moreover, perceived algorithmic control is positively related to workers\u2019 sense of overqualification by triggering the perceived mismatch between their capabilities and task demands, which in turn correlates with anti-algorithm behavior. Perceived overqualification significantly mediates the control\u2013resistance link, revealing a clear path that algorithmic management practices reshape workers\u2019 overqualification perceptions, and further induce their coping behaviors against algorithmic constraints.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings illuminate the psychological experience and adaptive process of gig workers when facing algorithmic governance, filling the research gap in the internal transmission mechanism between digital labor management and individual resistance. It also offers targeted theoretical and practical implications for optimizing digital labor regulation and building more harmonious labor relations in the platform economy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1774556","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,10]],"date-time":"2026-09-10T04:29:59Z","timestamp":1789014599000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Perceived algorithmic control and anti-algorithm behaviors: the catalytic role of perceived overqualification"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Chaoyang","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Weifang University of Science and Technology","place":["Shouguang, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qian","family":"Xing","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Zibo Polytechnic University","place":["Zibo, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"120","DOI":"10.16538\/j.cnki.fem.20230617.301","article-title":"A review, exploration, and prospect of research on algorithmic power in the management field","volume":"5","author":"Bao","year":"2024","journal-title":"For. 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