ABSTRACT
Employee assistance programs (EAPs) originated in the early 1970s, and thus have passed their third decade of existence. An analysis of how EAPs have changed over this period is confounded by their own growth, occupationally and organizationally. In turn, larger forces have changed occupations and professions as well as organizations, particularly via the tension between the identities and dominant cultures of organizations and the professionals working within them. In many ways, EAPs seem to have grown and evolved, and in other ways they seem to have generated new problems.
