2017 - Working Papers: Organizational Behavior and Human Resources
Cognitive ability and party affiliation: The role of the formative years of political socialization, 29 pp.
Y. Ganzach
(Working Paper No. 8/2017)
Research no.: 01670100
We study the effect of time on the relationship between intelligence and party affiliation in the United States. Our results indicate that time affects this relationship, and that this effect is due to the formative years in which political preferences were developed rather than the time in which the survey was conducted. For people who were born in the 20th century, the later their formative years, the more positive the relationship between intelligence and Democratic, as opposed to Republican, affiliation. The current results shed light on recent conflicting findings about the relationship between intelligence and party affiliation in the US, and suggest that the effect of intelligence on party affiliation changes with time.
Does college alcohol consumption impact employment upon graduation? Findings from a prospective study, 36 pp.
P. Bamberger, J. Koopmann, M. Wang, M. Larimer, I. Nahum-Shani, I. Geisner and
S.B. Bacharach
(Working Paper No. 10/2017)
Research No.: 09170100
Although scholars have extensively studied the impact of academic and vocational factors on college students’ employment upon graduation, we still know little as to how students’ health-related behaviors influence such outcomes. Focusing on student alcohol use as a widely prevalent, health-related behavior, the current study examines the employment implications of student drinking behavior. Drawing from literature examining the productivity effects of drinking and research on job search, we posited that modal quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption, as well as the frequency of heavy episodic drinking adversely impact the probability of employment upon graduation. Using data from 827 graduating seniors from four geographically diverse universities in the United States collected in the context of a prospective study design, we found modal alcohol consumption to have no adverse effect on the likelihood of employment upon graduation. However, we did find a significant adverse effect for the frequency of heavy drinking, with the data suggesting a 10% reduction in the probability of employment upon graduation among college seniors reporting engaging in the average level of heavy episodic drinking. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.
