Retirement and the Hidden Epidemic: The Complex Link Between Aging, Work Disengagement, and Substance Misuse -- And What to Do about It

Peter A. Bamberger is Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, Tel Aviv University, and Senior Research Scholar at Cornell University's ILR School. In addition to publishing four books on human resource strategy, industrial relations and employee well-being, Bamberger has published over 70 referred journal articles in such journals as Academy of Management Journal (AMJ), Administrative ScienceQuarterly, and Journal of Applied Psychology. Associate editor of Academy of Management Journal from 2007 to 2010, he is a founding associate editor of the Academy of Management's newest journal, Discoveries. He received his Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Cornell University in 1990. Samuel B. Bacharach is the McKelvey-Grant Professor at the ILR School at Cornell University. His is the director of Cornell's New York City-based Smithers Institute for Alcohol-Related Workplace Studies and the Institute for Workplace Studies. Professor Bacharach's research interests center on alcohol use/misuse in the workplace. He has published over 100 academic articles and has written over 20 books. He is co-author of Mutual Aid and Union Renewal (ILR/Cornell University Press) andMember Assistance Programs in the Workplace (ILR/Cornell University Press). He has worked with unions to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of their own Member Assistance Programs. With the Smithers team, he worked on the development of training modules used to train peercounselors.