As a result, the findings report only the responses of the seven mentor pairs who indicated having experienced interaction. Table 1 contains the number of times that mentors and new agents reported having had interaction. New agents reported having had an average of 15.3 interactions with their mentors during their first year of employment. One explanation for this difference may be that the interactions made a greater impression on the new agents than on those with experience. Interactions reported by new agents and mentors.
General agreement exists between the mentor pairs about most of the interaction items.
These results were seen by administration as very positive. However, after reviewing Table 2, administration thought mentors could have provided more help in subject-matter competence. New agents' and mentors' perceptions of interactions. An area needing more effort was in introducing new agents to important people in Extension. New agents' and mentors' perceptions of mentors' behaviors.