The Relationships Between Hindrance Stressors, Problem Drinking, and Somatic Complaints at Work

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• Personal Author:
  Mackey JD ; Perrewé PL
• Description:
  Problem drinking is an important behavioral phenomenon with numerous implications for employees' health and well-being within and outside the workplace. Although recent research has demonstrated that workplace stressors have effects on employees' problem drinking, additional research is needed to examine the role employees' problem drinking plays in the workplace stress-strain process. We draw from the transactional model of stress and the self-medication hypothesis to address this gap in prior research by offering a novel explanation for the indirect effects of hindrance stressors on employees' somatic complaints at work through problem drinking. Overall, we find support for the hypothesized model using a time-separated data collection with a heterogeneous sample of employee respondents from the United States (n = 223). This study extends prior stress research by making two important contributions to theory and research. First, we make an empirical contribution by examining problem drinking and somatic complaints at work, which are both understudied organizational phenomena that have importance to numerous organizational stakeholders. Second, we draw from the transactional model of stress and the self-medication hypothesis in a novel way that provides an important explanation for why hindrance stressors in the workplace are indirectly associated with somatic complaints at work through employees' use of problem drinking as a self-medication coping mechanism. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Alcoholic Beverages Behavior Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Alcoholic Beverages Author Keywords: Problem Drinking Behavior Patterns Employee Health Job Stress Psychological Effects Psychological Factors Self-medication Strain Stress Transactional Model Work Organization

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• ISSN:
  1059-6011
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  44
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059616
• Citation:
  Group Organ Manag 2019 Aug; 44(4):807-838
• Contact Point Address:
  Jeremy D. Mackey, Department of Management, Raymond J. Harbert College of Business, Auburn University, 405 West Magnolia Avenue, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
• Email:
  jmackey@auburn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Group & Organization Management
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7e00268db034a16d64dde43efc02042a50a041cd35dbafdcdeb57551e4c6b55a8a8885e410457ef88319417993806eab667d1fede05eac2b2afd456a37e33c3e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223776/cdc_223776_DS1.pdf
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