To enhance employee performance, many organizations are increasingly
using electronic performance monitoring (EPM). The relationship between
the frequency of EPMuse and employee performance is examined
in 2 field studies. In Study 1, which uses a unique longitudinal data set,
results reveal that shorter time lags between 2 consecutive employee performance
assessments are related to better task performance as indicated
by call quality metrics. A second field study using matched supervisor–
employee and EPM system data is conducted in 2 call centers to extend
these results and to focus more directly on the supervisors’ use of EPM
and its relationship with additional performance criteria: counterproductive
work behaviors (CWBs) and organizational citizenship behaviors
(OCBs). Results indicate that more frequent supervisory use of EPM is
associated with better task performance andOCB. However, supervisory
use of EPM was not significantly related to CWB.