Networking refers to building, maintaining, and using informal contacts to attain work or career resources. Although several measures exist, we are not aware of any short measure that reaches conventional standards and captures the breadth and multiple dimensions of the construct. To enable a brief and at the same time broad assessment of networking behaviors, this study reports the development and validation of a short version (the Short Networking Behavior Scale) of Wolff and Moser’s (2006) 44-item networking behavior scale. We examine the measurement properties of the derived 18-item version in two studies using three samples. Confirmatory factor analyses show that a correlated six-factor model with two higher order factors of internal and external networking fits the data well. We provide evidence for construct and criterion-oriented validity, showing that the internal and external networking scales exhibit meaningful correlational patterns with personality, career, and social network variables but only small and mostly nonsignificant correlations with measures of job or task characteristics.

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利用Wolff和Moser（2006）的方法制定并验证短网络行为量表（SNBS）

联网是指建立，维护和使用非正式联系以获得工作或职业资源。尽管存在几种措施，但我们不知道有什么短措施能达到常规标准并能捕获结构的广度和多维性。为了对网络行为进行简短而广泛的评估，本研究报告了Wolff和Moser（2006）的44个项目网络行为量表的简短版本（简称网络行为量表）的开发和验证。我们在使用三个样本的两项研究中检查了导出的18个项目的测量属性。验证性因素分析表明，具有内部和外部网络的两个较高阶因素的相关六因素模型很好地拟合了数据。我们为构造和面向准则的有效性提供证据，