SUMMARY
This study tested a mediation model of work environment stressors, job satisfaction, and employee drinking status. Specifically, decreased job satisfaction was examined as a mediator by which work environment stressors may be linked to employee alcohol problems. Individual social vulnerabilities also were examined as predictors of employee problem drinking. Study data were derived from self-report mailed surveys, and study participants were union-represented administrative support and blue-collar maintenance employees of a large public urban university. Although path analysis results did not support the role of job satisfaction in linking work environment stressors to employee problem drinking, several study variables of interest were found to be associated significantly and directly with employee problem drinking status. Implications for workplace alcohol prevention are discussed.
The authors would like to thank the local American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union officers and membership for their participation in this study. The authors also would like to thank Michael J. Brondino for his statistical consultation, and Adam Lippert and Jennifer Hernandez–Meier for their technical and editorial assistance.
This study was based upon the lead author's doctoral dissertation, which was supported in part by the Chancellor's Golda Meir Scholarship, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.