Your employer can track your every move, no matter where you sit in the organization. Often, the impulse is to scrutinize all behavior — through real-time performance data, for instance, and open workspaces — so that nothing unproductive or unethical can lurk in the shadows. But that much transparency can have a dampening effect on performance.

http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/09/why-we-hide-some-of-our-best-work/