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Principal Investigator
Social/Organizational Psychology
Primary Research Areas
Occupational health; workplace substance use; work-family interface; youth employment.
Current Projects
Ongoing Research
Factors Associated with R. N. Decisions to Work (funding by AHRQ to Carol S. Brewer, PhD, UB School of Nursing, PI. Co-investigators Christine Kovner, PhD, New York University and Dr. Frone).
Representative and Recent Publications
Frone, M. R. (in press). Alcohol and illicit drug use in the workforce and workplace. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Frone, M. R., & Trinidad, J. R. (2012). Relation of Supervisor Social Control to Employee Substance Use: Considering the Dimensionality of Social Control, Temporal Context of Substance Use, and Substance Legality. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 73, 303-310.
Schat, A. C. H., & Frone, M. R. (2011). Exposure to psychological aggression at work and job performance: The mediating role of job attitudes and personal health. Work and Stress, 25, 23-40.
Frone, M. R. (2011). Alcohol and illicit drug use in the workforce and workplace. In J. C. Quick & L. E. Tetrick (Eds.), Handbook of occupational health psychology (2nd ed.) (pp. 277-296). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Frone, M. R. (2012). Workplace substance use climate: Prevalence and distribution in the U.S. workforce. Journal of Substance Use, 17, 72-83. Abstract at http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/
10.3109/14659891.2010.531630
Frone, M. R., & Brown, A. L. (2010). Workplace substance use norms as predictors of employee substance use and impairment: A survey of U.S. workers. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 71, 526-534.
Frone, M. R. (2009). Does a permissive workplace substance use climate affect employees who do not use alcohol and drugs at work? A U.S. national study. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23, 386-390.
Frone, M. R. (2008). Employee alcohol and illicit drug use: Scope, causes, and organizational consequences. In J. Barling & C. L. Cooper (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of organizational behavior (Vol. 1: Micro approaches) (pp. 519-540). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Frone, M. R. (2008). Are work stressors related to employee substance use? The importance of temporal context in assessments of alcohol and illicit drug use. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93, 199-206. Abstract
Frone, M. R. (2007). Obesity and absenteeism among U.S. workers: Do physical health and mental health explain the relation? Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 22, 65-79.
Grandey, A. A., Kern, J., & Frone, M. R. (2007). Verbal abuse from outsiders versus insiders: Comparing frequency, impact on emotional exhaustion, and the role of emotional labor. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 12, 63-79. Abstract
Frone, M. R. (2006). Prevalence and distribution of illicit drug use in the workforce and in the workplace: Findings and implications from a U.S. national survey. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 856-869. Abstract
Frone, M. R. (2006). Prevalence and distribution of alcohol use and impairment in the workplace: A U.S. national survey. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 76, 147-156. Abstract
Schat, A. C. H., Frone, M. R., & Kelloway, E. K. (2006). Prevalence of workplace aggression in the U.S. workforce: Findings from a national study. In E. K. Kelloway, J. Barling, & J. Hurrell (Eds.), Handbook of workplace violence (pp. 47-89). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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