Driven to Drink: Managerial Control, Work-Related Rick Factors, and Employee Problem Drinking

Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 45, No. 4, p. 637, August 2002

Posted: 6 Sep 2004

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Samuel Bacharach

Cornell University - School of Industrial and Labor Relations

William Sonnenstuhl

Cornell University - School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Abstract

Using a sample of blue-collar workers and drawing from managerial control theory, we derived and tested an integrative model of employee drinking behavior focusing on four key sets of work-related risk factors: (1) workplace culture, (2) alienation, (3) stress, and (4) policy enforcement. Our results suggest that perceived permissive drinking norms are the strongest direct predictor of employee problem drinking. Such norms also both mediate and moderate the effects of stress and policy enforcement variables on problem drinking, but the mediational effects may have higher explanatory potential. Implications for the management of counterproductive employee behaviors are discussed.

Keywords: Job stress - Psychological aspects, Work - Psychological aspects, Alcoholics, Personnel management, Alcoholism & employment

Suggested Citation

Bacharach, Samuel and Sonnenstuhl, William, Driven to Drink: Managerial Control, Work-Related Rick Factors, and Employee Problem Drinking. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 45, No. 4, p. 637, August 2002, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=585524

Samuel Bacharach

Cornell University - School of Industrial and Labor Relations ( email )

Institute for Workplace Studies
Ithaca, NY 14853-3901
United States
212-340-2850 (Phone)
212-340-2893 (Fax)

William Sonnenstuhl

Cornell University - School of Industrial and Labor Relations ( email )

Ithaca, NY 14853-3901
United States

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