Abstract:
The networking among organizations and within the organization is very important to achieve vision,
mission and the performance of any organization. Although there are studies about networking in a
global context, it is hard to find networking related studies in the local context. Therefore, this study of
networking within divisional secretaries and its impact on their performance is important. The main
objective of this study is to analysis the networking within the divisional secretaries and its impact on
the performance of those divisional secretaries. The studies depend upon the answers based on the
questionnaire survey. Although the networks fall into two principal categories such as inter-firm
networks and inter-personal networks, this study is limited to studying interpersonal network. The
network is a vague concept and it consists of a set of actors (“nodes”) and the relations (“ties” or
“edges”) between these actors. Relevant literature discussed to build the analytical framework and
different theories of networking such as theories of self-interest, social exchange and dependency
theory, mutual interest and collective action, a family of cognitive theories and theory of homophily. It
reviewed the relevant literature on job performance and networking related performance. It also
discussed the divisional administration and divisional secretaries. In this study impact of networking on
the performance of divisional secretaries was measured with five independent variables such as
instrumental network, expressive network, friendship network, advice network and knowledge network.
Primary and secondary data were used to analyze the networking related performance. The survey was
done throughout the all divisional secretaries in Sri Lanka via a questionnaire and collected data were
analyzed by using Structural equation modelling (SEM). According to the study, the most important
and affected networking activity which was highly affected by the performance is the knowledge
network. Friendship network and instrumental network are the second and third networks effects on performance that is to follow on respectively. The expressive network has a moderate effect on
performance while the advice network shows no positive effect on performance.