The growth of social networking platforms has been phenomenal.
Millions of people around the world with access to the Internet are
members of one or more social networks. The time spent using
social networking applications is one reason why many businesses
are reluctant to allow employees to use sites like Facebook,
MySpace and LinkedIn during office hours. Add the time spent on
non work related browsing, and employers have a point. At the
same time, however, businesses are starting to appreciate that social
networking has its advantages, and there are many companies that
have adopted social networking as another vehicle to gain a better
presence online and a wider audience. This research mainly focus
on socializes online duration, a digital divide has been created
between a generation of young and generation of managers and
executives for work, and the benefits.