The New Temperance Movement: Workplace Junkies Never Had It So Bad

Stephen M. Crow

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DOI: 10.2190/0D7K-HJP9-73QY-CRAV

Abstract

In general, the way organization treat employees improved dramatically over the past thirty years; a trend that is likely to continue. Altruism is probably not an imperative for this increased concern for employees' welfare, instead, the combined effects of social, political, and economic considerations probably account for the improvements in employee relations. In contrast, workers who use alcohol or drugs are at greater risk today of losing their jobs than they were ten years ago. This is due in part to job-related issues; however, the effect of emotions, bound up in what seems to be a new temperance movement in America, must be considered as a plausible explanation.

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