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.
control - (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired; he had lost control of his sphincters antagonistic muscle - (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another; the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles