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Roman, Paul M.; And Others – Public Personnel Management, 1987
Provides an overview of the value of employee assistance programs (EAP) as mechanisms to solve organizational problems. The article is based on a field study of 480 EAPs in private sector organizations with 500 or more employees. (JOW)
Descriptors: Employee Assistance Programs, Employees, Employer Employee Relationship, Problem Solving
Michaels, Bonnie; McCarty, Elizabeth – Training and Development, 1993
The conflict between family and work is not going to go away by itself. Many companies offer programs, benefits, and services that support workers and their families. Tracking results of the programs on such issues as productivity, turnover, absenteeism, and tardiness will help organizations modify or supplement their training and education…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Dual Career Family, Employee Assistance Programs, Employer Employee Relationship
State and Local Government Labor-Management Committee, Washington, DC. – 1988
This short booklet is a joint expression by public sector labor and management that recognizes that neither side has all the answers to the problems of employee substance abuse and that both share a common concern for a successful outcome. The booklet summarizes the dimension of substance abuse in today's workplace; and it tries to encourage…
Descriptors: Adults, Cooperative Programs, Employee Assistance Programs, Employer Attitudes
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Schmidenberg, Olive C.; Cordery, John L. – Employee Relations, 1990
Interviews with 20 branch managers and 20 accountants in an Australian bank determined factors influencing the success of an employee assistance program (EAP). It was found that policies requiring supervisors to act against normal managerial practice doom EAPs to failure. Organizational analysis to integrate the EAP within existing organizational…
Descriptors: Banking, Employee Assistance Programs, Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries
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Rosse, Joseph G.; And Others – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1990
Surveyed personnel managers (N=127) to learn more about the prevalence of employee drug use and employer substance abuse programs. Results indicated companies' responses to the drug problem included drug use policies, drug education, employee assistance programs, and drug testing. Recommendations based on findings are discussed. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Drug Use Testing, Employee Assistance Programs
Andersen, Dines; Appeldorn, Alice; Weise, Hanne – 1996
An evaluation examined how the Danish leave schemes, an offer to employed and unemployed persons who qualify for unemployment benefits, were functioning and to what extent the objectives have been achieved. It was found that 60 percent of those taking leave had previously been unemployed; women accounted for two-thirds of those joining the scheme;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employed Parents, Employee Assistance Programs, Employer Employee Relationship