Developmental Aspects Associated with
Types of On-the-Job Experiences

There appeared to be an empirical relationship as well as a logical one between the types of experience most frequently considered helpful to respondents and the developmental aspects of the experience that made them helpful. Empirically, the crosstabulation shown in Table 11 revealed that the five most frequently named types of experience tended to be most highly related to the seven most frequently named developmental aspects. The associations were also logical because they seemed to reflect what one might reasonably expect. For example:

1. The experience of new and/or increased responsibilities was most frequently related to (1) the challenge of new and/or complex tasks or problems; (2) the chance to learn new ideas, practices, insights; and (3) the opportunity to apply and practice skills and knowledge.
2. The experience of a special on-the-job start-up assignment was most frequently associated with (1) the challenge of new and/or complex tasks or problems; (2) the chance to learn new ideas, practices, insights; (3) the opportunity to apply and practice skills and knowledge; and (4) the opportunity to plan and reflect.
3. The experience of handling personnel problems like conflicts and firings was most frequently associated with (1) the challenges of new and/or complex tasks or problems; and (2) the opportunity to apply and practice skills and knowledge.
4. The experience of being mentored, counseled, or supported was most frequently associated with a positive role model and a chance to learn new ideas, practices, insights.
5. The experience of working with a supervisor was most frequently associated with (1) negative experience/failure; (2) encouraging/confidence building; (3) exposure to a positive role model; and (4) exposure to a negative role model.

Developmental Aspect
Item No.	Item No.	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	Total
	Experience	Inter	Risk	New	Ove	Barr	Oth	Neg	Plan	Asmt	Lear	App	Con	Pos	Neg	Free	Cult	Oth	No Rel
8	Across educ. inst./org.	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6
9	Across educ. functions	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	13
10	Work in business/industry	1	1	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	7	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	24
11	Work in government	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12	Other	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	10
13	Change in context	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	20
14	New/increased respons.	2	2	14	2	4	0	3	4	1	9	8	4	2	0	3	1	0	0	59
15	Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Internship	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	9
17	Spec. asgmnt: start-up	6	8	17	1	4	0	3	9	3	11	11	8	3	0	8	5	1	0	98
18	Spec. asgmnt: fix-its	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	17
19	Spec. asgmnt: other	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	4	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	25
20	Teaching/counseling	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	7
21	Personnel: hiring	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	9
22	Personnel: conflict/firing	0	7	8	5	5	0	6	4	3	5	8	5	0	3	2	0	0	0	61
23	Personnel: developing	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	12
24	Work on teams/committees	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	5	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	26
25	Mentors/couns./advocate	1	1	5	1	1	0	0	2	5	8	4	3	11	0	1	2	0	0	45
26	Work with supervisor	0	2	3	2	3	0	5	1	2	3	3	5	5	6	1	0	0	0	41
27	Other	4	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	21
28	Prof. association/union	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
29	Formal training	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	8	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	27
30	Simulation/case study	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Shadow/observation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
32	Networking	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Community service	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10
35	Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
	Total	24	30	88	17	27	0	22	32	25	82	69	39	34	14	23	19	4	2	551