Assisting employees with drinking problems: Changes in mental health, job perceptions and work performance

Work and Stress

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 341-350

  Guppy, Andrew ^a   Marsden, John ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol problems; Employee assistance; Well being; Work performance

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0031411941     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678379708252997     Document Type: Article

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