A longitudinal investigation of drug use and work patterns among middle-class, white adults
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This article explores the relationship between drug use and patterns of living and working for a sample of middle class, white "baby boomers" who have lived in communal households. A longitudinal investigation was initiated in the mid-1970s with 806 persons and followed up in 1986-1987 with 79% of these subjects. During interviews, the subjects supplied data related to their work and financial status, work-related attitudes and behavior, life status, and histories of drug use (i.e., types of drugs used, and quantity, frequency, and duration of use). The results indicate that neither chronic nor current use of marijuana or alcohol had adversely affected the subjects' occupational status and achievement in middle adulthood, although a relationship was found between daily alcohol consumption and delaying marriage and childbearing. The authors warn against extrapolating the results for this unique sample to the larger population, but note the implications they have for future research. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 1988
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Social control and the national drug policy: a critical analysis
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The 1989 National Drug Control Strategy is described and critically examined. The analysis is based on a model of social control and an examination of research on deterrence. Current drug control policies emphasize formal, bureaucratic strategies that are not likely to work. In contrast, drug control policies that use informal methods of social control are consonant with democratic ideals and may succeed because they require consensus and promote social integration. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 1992
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Beyond the Ivory Towers: organizational power practices and a "practical" critical postmodernism
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This article discusses how to employ critical management studies in organizational practice. The authors focus on how to make critical management studies more accessible by making methodologies and concepts easier to understand.
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 2003
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