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.
The field of control theory can be divided into two branches: 1  Linear control theory â This applies to systems made of devices which obey the superposition principle, which means roughly that the output is proportional to the input.