खंड 2 No. Issue: 8, October, 1735-1751 (2025): Artificial Intelligence Surveillance and Its Impact on Psychological Safety, Stress, and Employee Productivity in Modern Workplaces

Abstract
With the introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the
workforce, the way workplaces track their operation and conduct
their business has changed. The authors in this research paper
analyze the psychological impact of AI surveillance on employees
in today's workplace and how it impacts their psychological safety,
stress levels, and productivity. The type of research that is
conducted is qualitative, secondary research, descriptive research
and thematic analysis. The sources of data were scientific journals,
scientific articles, reports and online scientific databases such as
Scientific Direct and Google Scholar. The results suggest that AIbased surveillance systems can enhance tasks' efficiency, safety,
accountabilities, and optimization in real-time. But constant
monitoring also brings along with it factors of psychological stress,
loss of independence, brain burn out and stress of employee. The
study also identifies a ‘paradox of productivity’ that monitoring too
much can have the opposite effect, reducing creativity, trust and
organisational commitment and increasing the ‘measurable'
measures of productivity. The study reveals that while the use of AI
surveillance can be beneficial for the organisation, overuse and
unethical monitoring practices may pose a negative impact on
employees' well-being and workplace culture. Therefore, it is
essential for these companies to have an AI monitoring policy that
is transparent and accountable, ensuring a balance between business
productivity and employee psychological safety and trust.

Key words: Artificial Intelligence Surveillance; Employee
Psychological Safety; Workplace Monitoring; Employee Stress;
Organisational Productivit