Department of Organizational Behavior, Tel Aviv University.
Department of Management, Auburn University.
J Appl Psychol. 2018 Jan;103(1):111-121. doi: 10.1037/apl0000244. Epub 2017 Aug 24.
[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 103(1) of (see record 2017-44578-001). In the article, the authors incorrectly used the term "probability" instead of the term "odds" when relating to the impact of drinking in college on post-graduation employment. The abstract should note "a roughly 10% reduction in the odds...", and in the 2nd paragraph of the Discussion section, (a) "a roughly 10% lower probability" should be "a roughly 10% lower odds", and (b) "their probability of full-time employment upon graduation is roughly 6% lower than..." should be "their odds of full-time employment upon graduation is roughly 6% lower than..." All versions of this article have been corrected.] Although scholars have extensively studied the impact of academic and vocational factors on college students' employment upon graduation, we still know little as to how students' health-related behaviors influence such outcomes. Focusing on student alcohol use as a widely prevalent, health-related behavior, in the current study, we examined the employment implications of student drinking behavior. Drawing from literature examining the productivity effects of drinking and research on job search, we posited that modal quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption, as well as the frequency of heavy episodic drinking (HED) adversely impact the probability of employment upon graduation. Using data from 827 graduating seniors from 4 geographically diverse universities in the United States collected in the context of a prospective study design, we found modal alcohol consumption to have no adverse effect on the likelihood of employment upon graduation. However, we did find a significant adverse effect for the frequency of heavy drinking, with the data suggesting a roughly 10% reduction in the odds of employment upon graduation among college seniors who reported engaging in the average level of HED. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
[勘误通知：本文的勘误报告在 （参见记录 2017-44578-001）第 103 卷（1）中有所报道。在本文中，作者在将大学生饮酒与毕业后就业相关联时，错误地使用了“概率”一词，而不是“几率”一词。摘要应注意到“……几率降低了约 10%”，并且在讨论部分的第 2 段中，（a）“略低的概率”应改为“略低的几率”，并且（b）“他们毕业后全职就业的概率比……”应改为“他们毕业后全职就业的几率比……”本文的所有版本都已更正。]尽管学者们广泛研究了学术和职业因素对大学生毕业后就业的影响，但我们仍然不太了解学生的健康相关行为如何影响这些结果。本研究关注学生饮酒作为一种普遍存在的健康相关行为，考察了学生饮酒行为对就业的影响。借鉴研究饮酒对生产力的影响以及研究求职的文献，我们假设饮酒模式数量和频率以及重度饮酒的频率（HED）会对毕业后的就业概率产生不利影响。我们使用了来自美国 4 所地理位置不同的大学的 827 名应届毕业生的数据，这些数据是在前瞻性研究设计的背景下收集的，我们发现饮酒模式对毕业后的就业可能性没有不利影响。然而，我们确实发现重度饮酒的频率有显著的不利影响，数据表明，报告平均水平 HED 的大学生毕业后就业的几率降低了约 10%。讨论了这些发现的理论和实践意义。（PsycINFO 数据库记录）
