The study, which is believed to be the first randomized control trial into workplace flexibility, saw participants divided into two groups. The first were taught various practices that aimed to increase their control over their work. So employees were trained to focus more on outcomes than face time.
Definition of Control Theory. In sociology, control theory is the view that people refrain from deviant behavior because diverse factors control their impulses to break social norms.
Instead, the theory concentrates on characteristics of the child that presumably result from its bonding. The current theory attributes lack of control to lack of parental concern for the welfare and behavior of the child (as manifest in hostility toward the child and lack of warmth).