Open AccessE-PANOPTICON OF FACE-TO-DISPLAY WORKERS: FROM THE OFFICE TO THE HOME
Author(s) -
Michal Beňo,
Lilla Koreňová,
Jozef Šimúth
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ad alta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2464-6733
pISSN - 1804-7890
DOI - 10.33543/110197105
Subject(s) - productivity , software , work (physics) , panopticon , set (abstract data type) , descriptive statistics , face (sociological concept) , computer science , business , internet privacy , engineering , statistics , sociology , mechanical engineering , social science , mathematics , brother , anthropology , economics , macroeconomics , programming language
Electronic Monitoring (EM) is becoming prevalent, enabling varied and pervasive monitoring of workplaces. The research design was a set of e-mail surveys. Quantitative data were analyzed using cross-tabulation of data, descriptive and chi-square tests statistics. The study provides an overview of e-worker monitoring in five countries. Twenty percent of respondents believe that their organization uses employee monitoring software to track their activities. Almost half of the e-workers believe that their activities are not being tracked by software. Nearby 1/10 of the face-to-display workers surveyed would trust their employer more using EM. Four-fifths of e-workers state that EM affects their productivity. Presented data emphasizes that companies using face-to-display workers monitoring software can negatively affect morale and productivity instead of producing better work. Further, employees are often unfamiliar with whether or not there is monitoring software tracking their activities. The study recommends that organizations should inform its employees before implementation of EM system to facilitate their positive attitudes