This study presents a different perspective on multiplex developmental relationships encompassing both career and psychosocial functions by highlighting the unique contradictions and coping mechanisms underlying these relationships. The in-depth qualitative comparative case study analyses of 73 developmental relationships of 20 nascent technology entrepreneurs yielded four tensions: disclosure-privacy, dependence-independence, criticism-confirmation and formality-informality. Entrepreneurs and their developers addressed these tensions through four coping strategies: selection, moderation, reframing and separation. The exploratory analysis suggests that tensions are inherent features of developmental relationships. Co-existence of nurturing and enriching aspects together with the dilemmas posed by the tensions seems to provide the impetus for developers and developees to mutually calibrate ways to cope with these tensions and enhance their developmental relationships. The implications of these nuanced findings are discussed for understanding developmental relationships constituting both career and psychosocial support functions needed for career advancement.

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驾驭职业和心理社会功能中的紧张关系：混合多元发展关系的探索性研究

本研究通过强调这些关系背后的独特矛盾和应对机制，对涵盖职业和心理社会功能的多重发展关系提出了不同的观点。对 20 位新兴技术企业家的 73 种发展关系进行深入的定性比较案例研究分析，得出了四种张力：披露-隐私、依赖-独立、批评-确认和形式-非正式。企业家和他们的开发者通过四种应对策略来解决这些紧张局势：选择、适度、重构和分离。探索性分析表明，紧张是发展关系的固有特征。培育和丰富方面的共存以及紧张带来的困境似乎为开发商和被开发者提供了相互校准方法以应对这些紧张并加强他们的发展关系的动力。讨论了这些细微的发现对理解发展关系的影响，这些关系构成了职业发展所需的职业和社会心理支持功能。