Internet: Monitored Freedom

Fernando Kuschnaroff Contreras, Fatima Bayma Oliveira, Evelyn Souto Martins Muller

Abstract


The Internet is a phenomenal research and information tool. It has entered the lives of people in an extremely fast way, offering a sense of freedom, and discoveries. This study presents the Internet usage in organizations, along with the use of equipment and information systems supplied by the employer and personal Internet usage at work. The subjects of the present research are businesspeople chosen among employees with a university degree in companies in the City of Curitiba, in the State of Paraná, with leading, managerial or operational occupations, with access to the Internet in their offices as well as at home. The study proposal consists of a critical analysis on the theme.

Keywords


Internet; Organizational Structures; Control; Punishment

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