Our next research and symposium topic (February 2011) is The Measurement of Work and Work Performance. This is a difficult topic. It has been mired in misconceptions, misunderstandings and a plethora of seemingly contradictory definitions and approaches. We will not delude ourselves into believing that we will clear this all up in a research paper and symposium, but our hope is to at least get a clear understanding of different approaches to measuring work and work performance.
To prepare, we have three questions: