Beyond Privacy and Fairness Concerns: Examining Psychological Boundary Violations as a Consequence of Electronic Performance Monitoring

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Author(s): David Zweig (University of Toronto at Scarborough, Canada)
Copyright: 2005
Pages: 22
Source title: Electronic Monitoring in the Workplace: Controversies and Solutions
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): John Weckert (Charles Sturt University, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-456-9.ch006

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Human Aspects of Business

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This chapter explores the possibility that electronic performance monitoring violates the basic psychological boundary between the employer and employee. Once this boundary has been violated, a host of negative implications are likely, ranging from dissatisfaction and stress to resistance and deviance. This chapter outlines research investigating the implications of electronic performance monitoring and discusses the potential consequences if organizations continue to opt for electronic methods of monitoring to maximize employee performance. Furthermore, it offers suggestions for future research and the practice of electronic performance monitoring in an effort to define the boundaries around its use and limit the negative consequences experienced by electronically monitored employees in organizations.

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