PhD Research, Year 1

Proxy Metrics, Evaluative Capacity, and the Hidden Costs of AI Engagement

How organizations lose judgment while gaining productivity, and why current measurement frameworks fail to detect it.

PSF Mechanism

The core theoretical architecture: how AI engagement constitutes proxy metrics, erodes evaluative capacity, and silences organizational braking mechanisms.

Open → Framework

Four Modes of Proxy-Criterion Decoupling

2×2 matrix locating PSF against Goodhart's Law, corporate liturgy, and manipulation. Two axes: what creates the gap, and can people see it?

Open → Fieldwork tool

Proxy Traps

21 mechanisms by which AI engagement erodes professional judgment. Classified by mode (constitutive, strategic, hybrid) and operational category. Includes co-occurrence matrix.

Open → Deliverable

IfM PhD Conference Poster

A1 academic poster for May 19, 2026. Full theoretical architecture, evidence constellation dashboard, and research stage overview.

View PDF ↓ Fieldwork tool

Research Design Audit

Empirical phase checklist: interview protocol, construct traceability, coding rubrics, and fieldwork readiness across the two-population design.

Open → Deliverable

What 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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PSF Research