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.
Travis Hirschi's control or social bonding theory argues that those persons who have strong and. abiding attachments to conventional society (in the form of attaciuIlcnts, involvement, invest-. ment, and belief) are less likely to deviate than persons who have weak or shallow bonds.