5.3.2 Characteristics related to job experience This section presents the responses of survey and interview participants relating to
questions of employment and experience at the time of the survey and interviews. These
include:
• the department in which the participant is currently employed
• previous positions of responsibility
• activities in which the participant is involved
• the total number of years in previous and current position/s.
The survey participants were asked to indicate positions of responsibility held prior to
the current one and then to indicate the number of years in each previous position. The
interview participants had to talk about previous positions of responsibility held and the
number of years as head of the current department. Names of interview participants have
been inserted, to distinguish them from the survey participants.