Sample characteristics
| Number of informants | PIM: 21 |
| Informants’ genders | Female: 5 |
| Male: 16 | |
| Informants’ ages | Average: ∼55 years |
| Highest: 60–70 years | |
| Lowest: 42 years | |
| Years of managerial experience | As employed manager |
| Mode number: ∼15 years | |
| Least: 5 years | |
| Most: 30+ years | |
| As PIM | |
| Mode number: ∼5 years | |
| Least: >1 year | |
| Most: ∼15 years | |
| Number of jobs as PIM | Total: 79 |
| Average: ∼4 | |
| Least: 1 | |
| Most: 12 | |
| Contract durations reported | Average: 6 months |
| Shortest: 3 months | |
| Longest: 26 months | |
| Informants’ typical positions as PIM | CEO/director: 9 |
| CFO/financial director: 4 | |
| Managerial stab: 6 | |
| Project manager: 2 |
| Number of informants | PIM: 21 |
| Informants’ genders | Female: 5 |
| Male: 16 | |
| Informants’ ages | Average: ∼55 years |
| Highest: 60–70 years | |
| Lowest: 42 years | |
| Years of managerial experience | |
| Mode number: ∼15 years | |
| Least: 5 years | |
| Most: 30+ years | |
| Mode number: ∼5 years | |
| Least: >1 year | |
| Most: ∼15 years | |
| Number of jobs as PIM | Total: 79 |
| Average: ∼4 | |
| Least: 1 | |
| Most: 12 | |
| Contract durations reported | Average: 6 months |
| Shortest: 3 months | |
| Longest: 26 months | |
| Informants’ typical positions as PIM | CEO/director: 9 |
| CFO/financial director: 4 | |
| Managerial stab: 6 | |
| Project manager: 2 |
Source(s): Author’s own work
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