...Christopher Mace Purpose The study seeks to determine whether workplace surveillance reduces principal–agent problems and generates net organizational value, especially in public agencies where incentive pay is limited. Design/methodology/approach The study exploits the staggered rollout...

... employment contracts. Originality/value – Nevertheless, the findings offer a new perspective to the corporate governance literature. The principal-agent problem is at the center of most corporate governance issues [1] . Agency costs incur when the principal (the owner), has hard time monitoring...