Alcohol Problem Intervention in the Workplace: Employee Assistance Programs and Strategic Alternatives

432 Pages·1990·21.2 MB·English

by  Paul M. Roman

Alcohol Problem
Intervention in the
Workplace
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Alcohol Problem
Intervention in the
Workplace
Employee Assistance Programs
and Strategic Alternatives
and Strategic Alternatives
Edited by
Paul M. Roman
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Quorum Books
Quorum Books
New York • Westport, Connecticut • London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Alcohol problem intervention in the workplace : employee assistance
programs and strategic alternatives / edited by Paul M. Roman,
p. cm.
Includes revisions of many of the papers presented at a conference
entitled "Alcohol and the Workplace: Integrating Perspectives on
Prevention and Intervention" held May 21-24, 1988 at the Jekyll
Island Club, Jekyll Island, Ga., together with others prepared
subsequent to the conference.
ISBN 0-89930-459-1 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1. Alcoholism and employment—Congresses. 2. Employee assistance
programs—Congresses. I. Roman, Paul M.
HG174.K47 1990
332.1—dc20 89-27239
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright © 1990 by Paul M. Roman
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 89-27239
ISBN: 0-89930-459-1
First published in 1990
Quorum Books, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).
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To Donald F. Godwin:
Pioneer, Leader, Supporter, and Friend
of Research on Alcohol Problems and the Workplace
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CONTENTS
Illustrations xi
Preface xv
1. The Salience of Alcohol Problems in the Work Setting:
Introduction and Overview 1
PAUL M. ROMAN
Part I The Social and Organizational Contexts of
Alcohol Problems in the Workplace
2. The Impact of Macrosocial Forces on the Distribution of
Alcohol Problems in the Workplace 19
DAVID J. PITTMAN
3. Employed Adults at Risk for Diminished Self-Control over
Alcohol Use: The Alienated, the Burned Out, and the
Unchallenged 27
DOUGLAS A. PARKER and GAIL C. FARMER
4. Jobs, Occupations, and Patterns of Alcohol Consumption: A
Review of Literature 45
JACK K. MARTIN
viii Contents
5. Microsocial Processes Impacting on Alcohol Problems over
Work Careers 67
JUDITH A. RICHMAN
6. Occupational Drinking Subcultures: An Exploratory
Epidemiological Study 77
KAYE MIDDLETON FILLMORE
7. Drinking, Social Networks, and the Workplace: Results of an
Environmentally Focused Study 95
GENEVIEVE AMES and CRAIG JANES
8. Business and Professional Women: Primary Prevention for New
Role Incumbents 113
ELSIE R. SHORE
9. The Extent and Patterning of Job-Related Drinking Problems 125
HAROLD A. MULFORD
and Related
Part II Employee Assistance Programs and Related
Strategies: Structure, Dynamics, and Problems
10. Employee Assistance Programs: Utilization and Referral Data,
Performance Management, and Prevention Concepts 143
TERRY C. BLUM and NATHAN BENNETT
11. Health Promotion Programs and the Prevention of Alcohol
Abuse: Forging a Link 163
MARTIN SHAIN
12. Expanding the Role of EAPs into Primary Prevention: The
EAP as Organizational Consultant 181
WALTER REICHMAN and FRANK GUGLIELMO
13. EAPs and Early Intervention: Maximizing the Opportunities 191
BRADLEY GOOGINS
Contents ix
14. The Bystander-Equity Model of Supervisory Helping Behavior:
Past and Future Research on the Prevention of Employee
Problems 203
LAWRENCE H. GERSTEIN
15. EAPs and Early Intervention for Alcohol Problems at the
Workplace 227
ANDREA FOOTE
16. Help-Seeking and Helping Processes within the Workplace:
Assisting Alcoholic and Other Troubled Employees 237
WILLIAM J. SONNENSTUHL
17. Workplace Influences on Attitudes about Alcoholism 261
JANET S. MOORE
18. EAP and Wellness Program Follow-up as Primary, Secondary,
and Tertiary Prevention Strategies in the Workplace 277
JOHN C. ERFURT
19. A Systematic Approach to the Evaluation of Employee
Assistance Programs: A Conceptual Analysis 297
LINDA F. PATRICK
20. Alcoholism Treatment Providers and the Workplace 315
LISA K. BLOCK
21. Alcoholism Treatment Programs and the Worksite: Sources of
Conflict—The Need for Cooperation 327
WILLIAM J. FILSTEAD
Part HI Practical Implications of Strategic Alternatives
in Dealing with Alcohol Problems in the
Workplace
22. Implications for Intervention and Prevention in Three Streams
of EAP-Related Research 339
HARRISON M. TRICE