Effects of computer surveillance on perceptions of privacy and procedural justice

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Author

BJ Alge

Entry type

article

Abstract

Electronic workplace surveillance is raising concerns about privacy and fairness. Integrating research on electronic performance monitoring, procedural justice, and organizational privacy, the author proposes a framework for understanding reactions to technologies used to monitor and control employees. To test the framework's plausibility. temporary workers performed computer/Web-based tasks under varying levels of computer surveillance. Results indicated that monitoring job-relevant activities (relevance) and affording those who were monitored input into the process (participation) reduced invasion of privacy and enhanced procedural justice. Moreover, invasion of privacy fully mediated the effect of relevance and partially mediated the effect of participation on procedural justice. The findings are encouraging for integrating theory and research on procedural justice and organizational privacy.

Date

2001 – 08

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/si ... ilview&indexed=google

Journal

J Appl Psychol

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Alge

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Pages

797-804

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Publication Date

2001-08-01

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	title = "Effects of computer surveillance on perceptions of privacy and procedural justice",
	author = "BJ Alge",
	year = "2001",
	month = "08",
	journal = "J Appl Psychol",
	number = "4",
	pages = "797-804",
	volume = "86",
	abstract = "Electronic workplace surveillance is raising concerns about privacy and fairness. Integrating research on electronic performance monitoring, procedural justice, and organizational privacy, the author proposes a framework for understanding reactions to technologies used to monitor and control employees. To test the framework's plausibility. temporary workers performed computer/Web-based tasks under varying levels of computer surveillance. Results indicated that monitoring job-relevant activities (relevance) and affording those who were monitored input into the process (participation) reduced invasion of privacy and enhanced procedural justice. Moreover, invasion of privacy fully mediated the effect of relevance and partially mediated the effect of participation on procedural justice. The findings are encouraging for integrating theory and research on procedural justice and organizational privacy.",
	url = "http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&uid=11519663&cmd=showdetailview&indexed=google",
}