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Main finding 5: The respondents of the study sample tended to frequently network on a group face-to-face manner (mean of 2.79).
Main finding 6: The respondents of the study sample incline to use the cell phone (mean of 3.48) and one-on-one face-to-face (mean of 3.10) behaviour most frequently as mediums when networking.
Main finding 7: The respondents of the study sample tended to rarely network during work time (mean of 2.31).
Main finding 8: The respondents of the study sample inclined to more frequently network during spare time (mean of 2.95).
Main finding 9: The respondents of the study sample tended to rate sharing experiences and exchanging work ideas as very important aims for networking (mean of 3.16).
Main finding 10:The respondents of the study sample were inclined to find conceptual relationship attributes to be important in a relationship (mean of 3.28).
Main finding 11:The respondents of the study sample tended to find people relationship attributes to be important in a relationship (mean of 3.17).
Main finding 12: Black Generation X'ers differ statistically significantly with a medium effect size from Caucasian Baby Boomers on the use of the telephone as medium when networking (p-value of 0.04 and d-value of 0.54).
Main finding 13: Black Generation X'ers differ statistically significantly with a medium effect size from Black Baby Boomers in terms of using e-mail as medium when networking (p-value of 0.01 and d-value of 0.60).
Main finding 14: Black Generation X'ers differ statistically significantly with a medium effect size from Caucasian Baby Boomers in terms of networking on a one-on-one face-to- face manner (p-value of 0.05 and d-value of 0.57).
Main finding 15: Caucasian Generation X'ers differ statistically significantly with a medium effect size from Caucasian Baby Boomers in terms of networking on a one-on-one face-to-face manner (p-value of 0.05 and d-value of 0.57).
Discussion of results The abbreviation Np refers to Networking practices. The results relate to the hypotheses as follow:
1. H0: Np: Black Generation X’ers Np: Caucasian Baby Boomers H :a
There is somewhere a difference between Black Generation X'ers, Black Baby Boomers, Caucasian Generation X'ers and Caucasian Baby Boomers with regard to networking practices.
Np: Black Baby Boomers Np: Caucasian Generation X’ers
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