Proxy Metrics, Evaluative Capacity, and the Hidden Costs of AI Engagement
Four Modes of Proxy-Criterion Decoupling
Why existing organizational theories assume evaluative continuity, and why AI breaks that assumption. 2×2 matrix, six theoretical parallels, material braking argument, and methodological framing (Lakatos, Sandberg & Alvesson, Fisher et al.).
Open → FrameworkThe Proxy Seduction Mechanism
The core theoretical architecture: how AI engagement constitutes proxy metrics, erodes evaluative capacity, and silences organizational braking mechanisms.
Open → DiagnosticProxy Traps
21 mechanisms by which AI engagement erodes professional judgment. Classified by mode (constitutive, strategic, hybrid) and operational category. Includes co-occurrence matrix and cluster log.
Open → FrameworkWhat PSF Offers Practitioners
What PSF provides (diagnostic instruments) and what it deliberately does not (prescriptive remedies). Three tools: detection infrastructure, braking audit, judgment stock question.
Open → DeliverableIfM PhD Conference Poster
A1 academic poster for May 19, 2026. Full theoretical architecture, evidence constellation dashboard, and research stage overview.
View PDF ↓ Fieldwork toolResearch Design Audit
Empirical phase checklist: interview protocol, construct traceability, coding rubrics, and fieldwork readiness across the two-population design.
Open → DeliverableWhat AI Engagement Conceals
Field notes from PSF. Five cases (Amazon, Cruces, Sourati, Tailwind, Hao) showing the mechanism at organizational, individual, market, and field levels.
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