Abstract:
The present quantitative correlational research aims to investigate the relationships
between and among networking behavior, emotional intelligence, and subjective
career success of managers at Islamabad across various organizations and
departments. A pretested Google Survey Form is used to collect data from (N = 213)
managers from Islamabad. The participants conveniently participated and willingly
shared their responses. Correlation, t-test, multiple regression, mediation, and
moderation analyses are conducted to analyze the data. This study finds that
networking behavior, emotional intelligence, and subjective career success have a
positive and statistically significant relationship. However, this study finds
insignificant differences in mean scores between two groups of male and female
managers in terms of their networking behavior, emotional intelligence, and
subjective career success. However, this study finds that networking behavior
partially mediates emotional intelligence and subjective career success, and emotional
intelligence strengthens the relationship between networking behavior and subjective
Career Success. This study contributes to existing literature and its findings are
beneficial for managers and organizations in achieving subjective career success
through learning and developing emotional intelligence and networking behavior of
managers. This study has also limitations as the sample size is restricted to Islamabad
and male managers are more dominant as compared to female managers.
