Several conventional approaches to conceptualization and the measurement of objectives in publicly funded, long-term home care for the non-institutionalized elderly are reviewed critically. The formulation of objectives which focus on immediate, desired consequences of services, and lend themselves to behavioral measurement, is proposed. The…

Men whose jobs were eliminated due to reductions in the labor force were surveyed. A conceptual model of transition to the specific event of job loss was described. The most effective buffer against trauma of job loss was a formal support system introduced by the organization. (Author/BEF)

This publication, one of a series examining the issue of faculty workload and productivity, argues that the key to institutional change in higher education is the role of college faculty and offers recommendations for improving and measuring college faculty productivity. The paper begins with a conceptual model for discussing faculty productivity,…