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.
Block 1. 1  Sociologically, deviance is a matter of degree. 2  In defining whatâs deviant, sociologists reject the concept of absolutism. 3  Sociologists agree that, for the most part, just about everyone has done something deviant.  Social control is both formal and informal.