RIA: Principal Investigator - Michael R. Frone, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Michael R. Frone, Ph.D.

Social/Organizational Psychology

Primary Research Areas

Occupational health; workplace substance use; work-family interface; youth employment.

Current Projects

Work Stress & Alcohol Use: A National Study of Unresolved & Unexplored Issues (funded by NIAAA).

Factors Associated with R. N. Decisions to Work (funding by AHRQ to Carol S. Brewer, Ph.D., UB School of Nursing, PI. Co-investigators Christine Kovner, Ph.D., New York University and Dr. Frone).

Workplace substance use: A national prevalence study (funded by NIAAA).

Work, Alcohol, and School Performance Among Adolescents (funded by NIAAA).

Representative and Recent Publications

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.

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.

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.

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.

Grzywacz, J. G., Frone, M. R., Brewer, C. S., & Kovner, C. T. (2006). Quantifying work-family conflict among registered nurses. Research in Nursing & Health, 29, 414-426.

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.

Barling, J., Kelloway, E. K., & Frone, M. R. (2005). Handbook of work stress. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Bellavia, G., & Frone, M. R. (2005). Work-family conflict. In J. Barling, E. K. Kelloway, & M. R. Frone (Eds.), Handbook of work stress. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Barling, J., & Frone, M. R. (2004). Psychology of workplace safety. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Frone, M. R. (2004). Alcohol, drugs, and workplace safety outcomes: A view from a general model of employee substance use and productivity. In J. Barling & M. R. Frone (Eds.), Psychology of workplace safety. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Frone, M. R. (2003). Work-family balance. In Quick, J. C. & Tetrick, L. E. (Eds.), Handbook of occupational health psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.