Table 2. Time (in months) to become...

Table 2.

Time (in months) to become socialized by occupation

	N	Task mastery		Role clarity		Social acceptance
Occupation		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Financial manager	4	16.13	17.67	8.38	10.47	5.50	2.42
Public school admin.	10	36.00	11.49	12.5	11.59	14.76	10.00
Management consultant	7	32.31	15.67	7.23	5.51	6.18	3.60
Auditor/accountant	4	25.13	12.93	14.33	11.93	5.67	5.58
Computer/IT analyst	4	30.00	28.04	6.25	7.93	6.06	6.19
Systems administrator	5	24.55	14.75	12.65	16.87	24.7	17.46
Civil engineer	5	52.65	37.9	11.70	4.18	9.25	4.78
Mechanical engineer	3	6.06	5.34	1.89	1.83	4.75	1.77
Environmental geologist	3	25.67	11.59	7.75	1.56	2.02	1.71
Psychologist	4	26.50	14.73	13.88	8.78	12.75	4.50
Counselor	5	14.75	7.89	7.13	4.09	5.75	2.02
Social worker	3	19.00	10.54	11.00	6.93	4.33	1.53
Lawyer	3	29.00	8.66	6.00	5.41	4.25	4.12
Paralegal	6	23.75	21.73	63.90	123.9	6.10	3.65
Middle school teacher	6	29.00	13.77	9.08	3.57	7.38	5.61
Teacher assistant	4	10.38	7.97	3.60	2.58	2.30	0.92
Designer	8	18.25	19.22	6.21	5.04	8.25	6.69
Public relations	8	18.00	9.12	4.55	3.04	6.22	2.32
Registered nurse	4	13.19	7.49	13.31	19.15	4.75	4.44
Certified nursing assistant	3	37.50	48.25	5.56	5.83	1.25	0.35
Physical therapist	3	10.42	3.13	5.73	4.44	5.21	5.93
Correctional officer	8	28.50	20.02	12.09	8.68	8.72	4.48
Security guard	3	4.03	1.71	3.20	0.27	3.33	2.31
Cook	5	20.69	24.92	3.64	5.95	3.10	3.12
Server/wait staff	3	4.08	0.73	0.79	0.83	1.45	1.34
Pest control worker	7	11.57	6.23	2.20	1.76	8.29	4.53
Grounds maintenance	3	10.67	9.09	3.08	2.88	3.31	2.07
Childcare worker	3	29.50	26.42	2.11	2.15	13.67	19.35
Sales professional	4	15.75	21.55	3.21	4.16	5.00	3.12
Customer service rep.	3	4.62	3.95	1.02	0.85	5.33	4.04
Administrative assistant	6	12.88	4.71	4.69	1.57	4.40	1.95
Logger	4	19.50	6.36	3.50	3.54	5.75	1.77
Automotive technician	3	50.50	41.9	4.79	6.30	1.42	0.63
Steel fabricator	4	41.00	28.83	10.06	8.07	3.25	1.94
Bus driver	3	5.33	3.21	3.17	1.26	5.25	0.75

	N	Task mastery		Role clarity		Social acceptance
Occupation		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Financial manager	4	16.13	17.67	8.38	10.47	5.50	2.42
Public school admin.	10	36.00	11.49	12.5	11.59	14.76	10.00
Management consultant	7	32.31	15.67	7.23	5.51	6.18	3.60
Auditor/accountant	4	25.13	12.93	14.33	11.93	5.67	5.58
Computer/IT analyst	4	30.00	28.04	6.25	7.93	6.06	6.19
Systems administrator	5	24.55	14.75	12.65	16.87	24.7	17.46
Civil engineer	5	52.65	37.9	11.70	4.18	9.25	4.78
Mechanical engineer	3	6.06	5.34	1.89	1.83	4.75	1.77
Environmental geologist	3	25.67	11.59	7.75	1.56	2.02	1.71
Psychologist	4	26.50	14.73	13.88	8.78	12.75	4.50
Counselor	5	14.75	7.89	7.13	4.09	5.75	2.02
Social worker	3	19.00	10.54	11.00	6.93	4.33	1.53
Lawyer	3	29.00	8.66	6.00	5.41	4.25	4.12
Paralegal	6	23.75	21.73	63.90	123.9	6.10	3.65
Middle school teacher	6	29.00	13.77	9.08	3.57	7.38	5.61
Teacher assistant	4	10.38	7.97	3.60	2.58	2.30	0.92
Designer	8	18.25	19.22	6.21	5.04	8.25	6.69
Public relations	8	18.00	9.12	4.55	3.04	6.22	2.32
Registered nurse	4	13.19	7.49	13.31	19.15	4.75	4.44
Certified nursing assistant	3	37.50	48.25	5.56	5.83	1.25	0.35
Physical therapist	3	10.42	3.13	5.73	4.44	5.21	5.93
Correctional officer	8	28.50	20.02	12.09	8.68	8.72	4.48
Security guard	3	4.03	1.71	3.20	0.27	3.33	2.31
Cook	5	20.69	24.92	3.64	5.95	3.10	3.12
Server/wait staff	3	4.08	0.73	0.79	0.83	1.45	1.34
Pest control worker	7	11.57	6.23	2.20	1.76	8.29	4.53
Grounds maintenance	3	10.67	9.09	3.08	2.88	3.31	2.07
Childcare worker	3	29.50	26.42	2.11	2.15	13.67	19.35
Sales professional	4	15.75	21.55	3.21	4.16	5.00	3.12
Customer service rep.	3	4.62	3.95	1.02	0.85	5.33	4.04
Administrative assistant	6	12.88	4.71	4.69	1.57	4.40	1.95
Logger	4	19.50	6.36	3.50	3.54	5.75	1.77
Automotive technician	3	50.50	41.9	4.79	6.30	1.42	0.63
Steel fabricator	4	41.00	28.83	10.06	8.07	3.25	1.94
Bus driver	3	5.33	3.21	3.17	1.26	5.25	0.75

Note:

N = Number of SMEs surveyed in each occupation

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