Learning about business in general and making new business contacts were more important for those with less than 8 years of work experience. Significant age and gender interaction effects were found for assertiveness skills acquisition, while significant age effects were found for sensitivity to differences and to diversity skills (Simpson, Sturges, Woods & Altman, 2005). Other studies, however, have found no effects for gender and experience (Zhao, Truell, Alexander & Hill, 2006). Still others have claimed that MBA graduates with more work experience reap fewer benefits (Richards-Wilson & Galloway, 2006). The research findings on age and experience are, at.
