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Alcohol use among seasonal employees in SMEs at ski resorts
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Health Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5935-5688
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Health Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2239-5683
2015 (English)In: Understanding Small Enterprises (USE) Conference 2015 'A Healthy Working Life in a Healthy Business', 2015, p. 721-728Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This paper presents results from a survey aimed at shed some light on drinking and alcohol-related problems among seasonal employees in small businesses at ski resorts. In total, 292 employees (49 % men, 51 % women) answered a questionnaire with a response rate of 46 %. The questionnaire covered areas as employment relations, social aspects, psychosocial working conditions, health, alcohol consumption and preventive measures. Results were that there are several significant differences between seasonal employed men and women. The women are younger, have more university education, work more less than full-time and in restaurants or hotels and they live outside the ski resort to a higher degree after the winter season. Concerning psychosocial working conditions, health outcomes, hazardous drinking and preventive work at the workplace there are no significant differences between the groups. Around 75 percent of both seasonal employed men and women have a hazardous drinking behavior, which is significant higher in comparison with Swedish studies of other occupational groups. Regression analyses with hazardous drinking (AUDIT) as an outcome variable showed different patterns for seasonal employed women and men, although there are also similarities between the groups. Multivariate regression analyses showed that particularly social aspects as living with other employees and having friends with heavy drinking were significantly associated with hazardous drinking. It is important to reduce the seasonal employee’s alcohol consumption behaviors by influencing attitudes towards hazardous drinking and to change the culture among this group in working life. There is also a need for developing strategies for effective workplace preventive measures and rehabilitation measures for employees with alcohol consumption problems. For small businesses it can be successful to integrate work-related alcohol problems with occupational health and safety issues.

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2015. p. 721-728
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Health Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-26376OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-26376DiVA, id: diva2:877677
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Understanding small enterprises (USE) 2015, Groningen, The Netherlands 21-23 October 2015
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AFA Insurance, Dnr 130190Available from: 2015-12-07 Created: 2015-12-07 Last updated: 2015-12-21Bibliographically approved

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