Employment outcome expectancies: Consensus among consumers, providers, andfunding agents of community rehabilitation programs

This study investigated the degree of consensus between stakeholders regard ing the most important employment outcome expectations for community-based rehabilitation programs (CRPs) as well as optimal time frames for determini ng such outcomes. Opinions of matched sets of CRP providers, funding agents , and consumers were surveyed to determine the degree of consensus that exi sted regarding employment outcome expectancies. In total, 42 sets of all th ree were analyzed. This analysis found that 63 of the 66 variables studied did not show a significant difference. The study also revealed that the top concerns among all three groups were related to quality of employment, qua lity of services, and opportunity for informed choice.