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

Since the 1950s, social scientists have devoted serious attention to the relationship between alcohol and the workplace. In recent years, awareness of the tremendous costs, both human and financial, associated with alcoholism has led to a dramatic increase in both scholarly and practical interest in the field. Although researchers working in this area are relatively few, they have sustained a lively interest in the alcohol/work nexus and have attracted others to the field through conferences where ideas and research strategies are exchanged. The larger part of Alcohol Problem Intervention in the Workplace provides an up-to-date thorough examination of the problem, the research, and the possible solutions. This volume is directed toward both practitioners and researchers, providing a wide range of new data and new ideas that bear upon coping with alcohol problems in the workplace. Part I addresses issues regarding the distribution and correlates of alcohol problems and alcohol use among employees. Part II is centered on issues associated with Employee Assistance Programs. And Part III is a general conclusion and overview offering suggestions and implications for the practitioner in the workplace. Because this collection supplies the most current thinking and information on controlling alcohol problems in the workplace, it will be of particular interest to human resource management and to employee assistance specialists, who are now required to pass a certification examination.

Table of Contents:
Preface The Salience of Alcohol Problems in the Work Setting: Introduction and Overview by Paul M. Roman The Social and Organizational Contexts of Alcohol Problems in the Workplace The Impact of Macrosocial Forces on the Distribution of Alcohol Problems in the Workplace by David J. Pittman Employed Adults at Risk for Diminished Self-Control Over Alcohol Use: The Alienated, the Burned Out and the Unchallenged by Douglas A. Parker and Gail C. Farmer Jobs, Occupations, and Patterns of Alcohol Consumption: A Review of Literature by Jack K. Martin Microsocial Processes Impacting on Alcohol Problems Over Work Careers by Judith A. Richman Occupational Drinking Subcultures: An Exploratory Epidemiological Study by Kay Middleton Fillmore Drinking, Social Networks, and the Workplace: Results of an Environmentally Focused Study by Genevieve Ames and Craig Janes Business and Professional Women: Primary Prevention for New Role Incumbents by Elsie R. Shore The Extent and Patterning of Job-Related Drinking Problems by Harold A. Mulford Employee Assistance Programs and Related Strategies: Structure, Dynamics, and Problems Employee Assistance Programs: Utilization and Referral Data, Performance Management and Prevention Concepts by Terry C. Blum and Nathan Bennett Health Promotion Pograms and the Prevention of Alcohol Abuse: Forging a Link by Martin Shain Expanding the Role of EAP's into Primary Prevention: The EAP as Organizational Consultant by Walter Reichman and Frank Guglielmo EAPs and Early Intervention: Maximizing the Opportunities by Bradley Googins The Bystander-Equity Model of Supervisory Helping Behavior: Past and Future Research on the Prevention of Employee Problems by Lawrence H. Gerstein EAPs and Early Intervention for Alcohol Problems at the Workplace by Andrea Foote Help-Seeking and Helping Processes within the Workplace: Assisting Alcoholic and Other Troubled Employees by William J. Sonnenstuhl Workplace Influences on Attitudes about Alcoholism by Janet S. Moore EAP and Wellness Program Follow-up as Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention Strategies in the Workplace by John C. Erfurt A Systematic Approach to Evaluation of Employee Assistance Programs: A Conceptual Analysis by Linda F. Patrick Alcoholism Treatment Providers and the Workplace by Lisa K. Block Alcoholism Treatment Programs and the Worksite: Sources of Conflict--The Need for Cooperation by William J. Filstead Practical Implications of Strategic Alternatives in Dealing with Alcohol Problems in the Workplace Implications for Intervention and Prevention in Three Streams of EAP-Related Research by Harrison M. Trice Prevention of Alcohol Problems in the Workplace: A Public Policy Perspective by Harold D. Holder Strategic Considerations in Designing Interventions to Deal with Alcohol Problems in the Workplace by Paul M. Roman Index

About the Author :
PAUL M. ROMAN is Professor of Sociology and Director, Center for Research on Deviance, Institute of Behavioral Research, University of Georgia. He is on the editorial board of the Employee Assistance Quarterly and is the editor or author of many books and journal articles.

Review :
?. . . Alcohol Problem Intervention in the Workplace will be of interest to scholars, employee assistance professionals and HR managers. It taps the knowledge of some of the brightest experts in the area and provides new data and current ideas on how to deal with alcohol in the workplace. All of the topics are well-indexed, and each section contains a detailed bibliography.?-HR Magazine ?This volume should have general appeal beyond those narrowly interested in alcoholics or workplace interventions, because it shows applied social science at its best, questioning assumptions, demanding rigor, and refusing to be bound by a single perspective for analysis.?-Contemporary Sociology "This volume should have general appeal beyond those narrowly interested in alcoholics or workplace interventions, because it shows applied social science at its best, questioning assumptions, demanding rigor, and refusing to be bound by a single perspective for analysis."-Contemporary Sociology ." . . Alcohol Problem Intervention in the Workplace will be of interest to scholars, employee assistance professionals and HR managers. It taps the knowledge of some of the brightest experts in the area and provides new data and current ideas on how to deal with alcohol in the workplace. All of the topics are well-indexed, and each section contains a detailed bibliography."-HR Magazine