In this study, I examine howsupervisors’ use of information from EPM
systems relates to subordinates’ performance. Consistent with agency theory
predictions, positive associations surface for supervisory use of EPM
with task performance for different operationalizations of task performance:
through supervisory evaluations of a CSR’s performance, as well
as through call quality evaluations based onEPMsystem data by a separate
quality team. All else being equal, for each additional unit increase in supervisory
use of EPM, task performance increases by .36 (on a five-point
scale), and call quality increases by 2.97 points (on a 100-point scale).
Monitoring is considered a key mechanism to alleviate agency problems
that are represented in CWBs. Although I anticipated a negative
relationship between supervisory use of EPM and CWBs, the results
failed to support such an association. Based on agency theory, I expected
monitoring to be negatively related to OCBs. But the wider OCB