Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: This paper explores the electronic monitoring in workplace and it discusses the monitoring consequences.The authors synthesize the prior research in electronic workplace monitoring and discuss a set of related research issues.The paper draws on organizational theories, privacy theories, and control theories to examine the strategies of organizational policy design as one solution to address the employee privacy issues.The multitheoretic lens highlights the contingency between organizational policy and employee behaviors and it posits the long -term impact of monitoring.This paper contributes to the theory development of electronic monitoring in the workplace and to the practice of organizational management as well.
Authors: Rui Chen, G. Lawrence Sanders
Institution: University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1549152933