...Bob Gammie Examines current operational practice in the UK oil industry in relation to employee assistance programmes (EAPs) ‐ a voluntary and confidential workplace counselling and support service. Suggests that the industry contains a high number of potential stressors relating to the environment...

...John R. Berridge Reviews the differences between employee assistance programmes (EAPs) in the USA and the UK, but also identifies convergent trends in the employment environment in both countries. Discusses recent developments for professional EAPs in the USA to be driven by occupational social...

...Mike Megranahan Although many organizations are increasingly providing employee assistance programmes (EAPs), many fail to assess what they want to get from them and how they will monitor the quality of the service they are receiving. Suggests that EAPs can be monitored successfully through...

... company departments, bringing expertise from different areas to bear on the problem. Describes the conceptual basis for such collaboration and presents a case study of an ongoing partnership between an employee assistance programme and a human resource management group. These moderating factors operate...

... and expectations. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Employee assistance programmes Human resource management Stress This concerns the extent to which people make sense of their role,and motivate themselves, in terms of personal growth and development. Appraisal can provide the information which helps...

...Michael Reddy The multiple roots of Employee Assistance Programmes belie the commonly held view which sees them simply as the descendant of Occupational Alcohol Programmes. Their origins in performance management processes,however, and particularly the way in which their development has been...

... mechanism, conveying information back to the programme about possible misconceptions, developing problems, and unmet needs. Assessment Employee assistance programmes Evaluation Implementation Interventions Welfare It is increasingly recognised that concern for employee welfare and actions...

...John R. Berridge; Cary L. Cooper Explores three themes: quality in EAPs; the regulation of the EAP profession; and integration between the EAP and the organization. Sounds a note of qualified optimism for the future. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Employee assistance programmes Integration...

...John R. Berridge; Cary L. Cooper Defines the employee assistance programme (EAP) and describes its potential and impact on organizations. Provides details of how EAPs operate at each step. Evaluates their use and value in the context of the need for organizational performance. The EAP, while...

... that this approach will be both incomplete and by itself insufficient[ 12 ] because it fails to recognize the ideal of comprehensiveness where employees are seen to function in a context that extends far beyond individual coping skills. Employee assistance programmes (EAPs), the third level of intervention...

... if not impossible. Discusses different methods of evaluating EAPs and compares their usefulness. An employee assistance programme (EAP) is one human resource strategy which may help to combat the now well recognized human and organizational costs of workplace stress, and with the growing acceptability and use...