The present book brings together--indeed, re-collects--some of the most valuable and thought-provoking research on Odessa and its culture, community, and economy published by Patricia Herlihy over ...several decades of her work. Scholars of Ukraine, Russia, and the former Soviet Union will find in this book a helpful resource for their research and teaching.
Over the last decade, there has been a concerted effort to transfer paper-based research articles and documents to online platforms that provide increased access and often are made available to users ...at no cost. The International Employee Assistance Digital Archive (EA Archive;
https://www.EAArchive.org
), housed at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Social Work (UMSSW;
https://www.ssw.umaryland.edu/
) adopts this same philosophical position and has been building its repository while offering free public access to all of its contents since 2013. UMSSW has a long history of being a leader in the provision of master's level education to social workers focused on EA and UMSSW provides an ideal foundation from which the EA archive was built and continues to flourish. The EA Archive is unique in that the University has a strong focus on digitizing a large amount of materials from historical documents that otherwise would not be available online or to the general public. Valuable ideas and lessons can be incorporated into the implementation policies and approaches of the EA Archive as we heed what others around the globe are contributing for greater open access to research materials. This article introduces Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health (JWBH) readers and authors to the EA Archive and encourages them to share their research as a way to promote open access to more global audiences.
It is common practice in many professions, fields, and industries to disseminate comparative information. Absent this vital resource an individual company cannot accurately evaluate their performance ...against a similar cohort and therefore must rely upon anecdotal information. The findings of this study address this deficiency in the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) field by reporting empirically derived comparative data for external providers of EAP services. During 2012 the National Behavioral Consortium obtained a convenience sample of 82 external EAP vendors, located primarily in the United States and Canada and 10 other countries and ranging in size from local providers to global business enterprises. The combined customer base represented by these vendors included more than 35,000 client companies and over 164 million total covered lives. The 44 survey items addressed eight categories: (1) company profile, (2) staffing, (3) customer profile, (4) utilization metrics, (5) survey tools and outcomes, (6) business management, (7) business development, and (8) forecasting the future of EAP. Results reveal a wide range between vendors on most of these factors. Comparisons were also conducted between vendors based on market size, country, and pricing model. Implications for operational practice and business development are discussed along with considerations for future research.
The Alcoholic Empire examines the prevalence of alcohol in Russian social, economic, religious, and political life. Herlihy looks at how the state, the church, the military, doctors, lay societies, ...and the czar all tried to battle the problem of overconsumption of alcohol in the late imperialperiod. Since vodka produced essential government revenue and was a backbone of the state economy, many who fought for a sober Russia believed that the only way to save the country through Revolutionary change. This book traces temperance activity and politics side by side with the end of thetsarist regime, while showing how the problem of alcohoism continued to pervade Soviet and post-Soviet society. Illustrated by timeless and incisive sayings about the Russian love of vodka and by poster art and paintings, this book will appeal to Russian and European historians and those interestedin temperance history.
