A research on the relationship between workplace monitoring and job

Abstract

Employee monitoring activities are becoming increasingly widespread with the technological opportunities that are developing day by day. Organizations are monitoring their employees' performances, behaviors and personal attributes at any time and as often as they like, using very different methods. Organizations perform monitoring activities by setting reasons such as security, justice, legal obligations, quality and productivity improvement. This situation causes problems such as decreasing privacy, motivation, performance and health in the organizations. Being watched and evaluated by a couple of eyes can disturb the employees, and create work stress on them. The aim of this study is to reveal the perceptions of employees towards workplace monitoring, and examine the relationship between workplace monitoring and job stress. In this context, the application was carried out in companies operating in Denizli. A total of 218 questionnaires were received from the employees of the companies. The results obtained were analyzed in the SPSS program and then, were evaluated.