The phrase "ability of networking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's skill or capability in establishing and maintaining professional relationships or connections.
Example: "Her ability of networking has greatly contributed to her success in the industry."
Alternatives: "skill in networking" or "capacity for networking".
For individuals with a higher level of networking ability, they would gain more social capital through an effective process of network-building, including information accessing and influence wielding (Thompson, 2005).
Specifically, we tested the mediating role of networking ability and the moderating role of encouragement of participation in this relationship.
We examined the mediating effect of networking ability using Model 4 (mediation model) from Hayes' (2013) PROCESS macro in SPSS.
Future research could address this point, and the results will provide a complete picture of the interactive effect of networking ability and encouragement of participation on career success.
Open image in new window Fig. 1 Childhood economic status (CES) and later income: the mediating role of networking ability and moderating role of encouragement of participation.
As a result, it may be easier for high CES individuals rather than low CES individuals to obtain a high level of networking ability.
Since networking ability is characterized by social effectiveness (Blickle et al., 2009), environmental factors may play a key role in affecting the impact of networking ability on career outcomes.
Yu and Li ("Childhood economic status predicting later income: The role of networking ability and encouragement of participation") offer new insights on the relationship between childhood privilege and career success.
Individuals with high CES find it easier to develop and obtain a high level of networking ability, which in turn helps them accumulate more social capital and gain more career success.
Firstly, although an individual's later income is influenced by his/her childhood economic status, which seems to demonstrate low intergenerational mobility, this influence is not direct but through the effect of networking ability.
Second, although previous research has demonstrated that individuals who have a high level of networking ability will be more likely to succeed in performing job tasks and obtain higher income throughout their career (Ferris et al., 2012; Todd et al., 2009), the findings in the current study raises the concern of contextual influence in the networking ability-career success relationship.
