In addition to reference materials and video, the app brings in networking ability and social media.
Everything can be captured in proxy form by metrics: from our talent and emotions, to our productivity, teaching skills, networking ability, fitness, and so on.
Cronbach's α for networking ability was 0.78.
Networking ability was measured by the networking ability dimension of Ferris et al.'s (2005) 18-item political skill scale.
As noted above, networking ability was expected to mediate the relationship between CES and later income.
Specifically, when encouragement of participation was high, increased networking ability was associated with increased later income.
Therefore, networking ability can be captured as the ability to engage in social capital acquisition.
Hypothesis 1 proposed that networking ability mediates the CES-later income relationship.
The results suggest that networking ability mediates the relationship between CES and later income.
It is worth noting that normal and above-level encouragement of participation in organizations is a necessity for high-CES and networking ability employees to gain more income than their low-CES and networking ability colleagues.
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.
