Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 248-254, October 2010
Recovery at work: The relationship between social identity and commitment among substance abuse counselors
Abstract
The complex makeup of the substance abuse treatment workforce poses unique challenges to the field. One interesting dynamic is the high rate of counselors who are personally recovering from addictions. Based on social identity theory, it was expected that counselors working in the field of substance abuse treatment who are in recovery themselves will identify more with their profession and report higher professional and organizational commitment. Data from a study of substance abuse counselors from across the United States support the proposed relationship between personal recovery status and professional commitment but not organizational commitment.
Keywords: Substance abuse treatment, Recovery, Social identity theory, Work attitudes, Professional commitment, Organizational commitment
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This article is based in part on the first author's master's thesis. This project described was supported by Award R01DA019460 from the National Institutes on Drug Abuse awarded to Lillian T. Eby. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse or the National Institutes of Health.
PII: S0740-5472(10)00133-9
doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2010.06.006
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Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 248-254, October 2010
