ABSTRACT
In American society excessive drinking and drinking-related problems permeate many aspects of contemporary life, including the workplace. Drinking problems may have some roots as well as consequences in the work setting. For this reason, work-based components of drinking problems and behaviors constitute an important topic of study. Furthermore, the past two decades have witnessed a significant influx of women into the labor force, suggesting that women may become subject to the same structural influences, in ways similar or dissimilar to men. Accordingly, this selection reviews the state of theoretical and empirical development of women's drinking and workplace influences by addressing three areas: (1) the importance of a separate focus on women's drinking; (2) research investigating structural sources of drinking problems in the workplace; and (3) research examining the impact of such factors specifically on women.
