Staff Publications & Presentations

Allen, B., & Sharar, D. (1999). Developing business opportunities in a provider-sponsored organization. Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow, 8(2), 45–47, 50

Allen, B., & Sharar, D. (2000). 'Post-merger stress syndrome.' Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow, 9(1), 40–44

Allen, B., Sharar, D., Stoll, M., & Taylor, R. (1998, October 22). Developing corporate structures to meet community needs: three case studies. Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Springfield, IL.

Amaral, T., & Sharar, D. (2014, October 2). The entire spectrum of EAP outcomes for measuring impact and effectiveness. [Conference Presentation] EAPA’s 2014 World EAP Conference, Orlando, FL.

Amaral, T., Attridge, M., & Sharar, D. (2013, October 15-16). How recent innovations in technology and analytics can transform the EAP industry. [Conference Presentation] EAPA’s 2013 World EAP Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Amaral, T., Attridge, M., & Sharar, D. (2013, May 1-3). Advancing the EAP field by applying innovations in technology and predictive analytics. [Conference Presentation] EASNA 25th Annual Institute, Chicago, IL.

Attridge, M., Sharar, D., DeLapp, G., & Veder, B. (2018). EAP Works: Global results from 24,363 counseling cases with pre-post data on the workplace outcome suite (WOS). International Journal of Health & Productivity, 10(2), 7–27. http://hdl.handle.net/10713/8962

Attridge, M., Sharar, D., Veder, B., & Steenstra, I. (2020). How to calculate the ROI for EAP counseling from improvements in work outcomes: Part 2 of series with global data from the Workplace Outcome Suite© by Morneau Shepell. EASNA Research Notes, 9(2), 1-11.

Attridge, M., Sharar, D., Veder, B., & Steenstra, I. (2020). Risk management approach to analyzing outcomes from EAP counseling: Part 1 of series with global data from the Workplace Outcome Suite© by Morneau Shepell. EASNA Research Notes, 9(1), 1-11.

Barnard, K., Sharar, D., Stidsen, A., & Turner, S. (2015, October 1). Enhancing partnership: EAP integration and leadership engagement. [Conference Presentation] EAPA’s 2015 World EAP Conference, San Diego, CA.

Bennett, J. B., Bray, J. W., Hughes, D., Hunter, J. F., Frey, J. J., Roman, P. M., Sharar, D. A., & McPherson, T. L. (2015). Bridging public health with workplace behavioral health services: A framework for future research and a stakeholder call to action. Chestnut Global Partners. https://archive.hshsl.umaryland.edu/entities/publication/9ab4dcdc-790b-463f-903e-3ad82da8a935

Bjornson, T., & Sharar, D. (2004). Bring it on home. EAP Digest, Fall, 16–20. http://hdl.handle.net/10713/14038

Burgess, K. M., & Sharar, D. A. (2014, May 19). Doing business in Russia: The importance of employee participation and support. Society for Human Resource Management

Burgess, K., Lennox, R., Sharar, D. A., Shtoulman, A. (2015). A substance abuse intervention program at a large Russian manufacturing worksite. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 30(1–2), 138–153. https://doi.org/10.1080/15555240.2015.1000159

Burgess, K., Lennox, R., Sharar, D., & Shtoulman, A. (2014). The Results of a Traditional Alcohol Intervention Approach with Alcohol Abusers in a Heavy Industry Setting in Russia. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health.

Burke, J., & Sharar, D. (2009). Do 'free' EAPs offer value? It depends who you ask. Employee Benefit News, 23(60), 73

Burke, J., & Sharar, D. (2010, October 9). Current status and future of free and embedded EAP. [Conference Presentation] EAPA's 2010 Annual World Conference, Tampa, FL.

Burke, J., & Sharar, D. (2009, May 7). Do "free" or "embedded" EAPs offer value? A field study of HR perceptions. [Conference Presentation] EASNA 21st Annual Institute, Denver, CO.

Christie, J., & Sharar, D. (2010). Ethics: EAPA releases newly revised code. Employee Assistance Report, 13(4), 1–3. http://hdl.handle.net/10713/7075

Csiernik, R., Sharar, D. A., & Granberry, S. (2014). The Canadian national behavioral consortium industry profile of external EAP vendors. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 29(3), 195–209. https://doi.org/10.1080/15555240.2014.928599

Csiernik, R., Sharar, D. A., & Lennox, R. D. (2014). Evaluating occupational programs. In R. Csiernik (Ed.), Workplace wellness: Issues and responses (pp. 177–212). Canadian Scholars Press

DeLapp, G., Sharar, D., Veder, B., and Antonissen, D. (2018, October 12). EAP outcomes, critical incident effectiveness measures, and EA product extension. [Conference Presentation] EAPA’s 2018 World EAP Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Dennis, M.L. & Sharar, D. (2022). Time to stop fighting the opioid epidemic with one arm tied behind our backs: The case of using the opioid settlement to address gaps in our current response. Available from https://chestnut.box.com/v/residentialtreatment

Donalson, T., & Sharar, D. (2016). Leading trends in EAP and wellness–Part I. Employee Assistance Report, Volume 19(6), 1–3

Fraser, J., and Sharar, D. (1995, January 5). Traumatic stress debriefing and post trauma counseling. [Conference Presentation]. The Nature and Dimensions of Catastrophe Conference, the Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Flood Relief Grant, Carterville, IL.

Frey, J., Pompe, J., & Sharar, D. (2016, November 2). The struggle is real: lessons learned on the front lines from internal EAP managers. [Confernence Presentation] EAPA’s 2016 World EAP Conference, Chicago, IL.

Goplerud, E. N., McPherson, T. L., Herlihy, P. A., & Sharar, D. A. (2010). EAPs invited to join 'BIG' initiative. Employee Assistance Report, 13(9), 1–3

Goplerud, E., and Sharar, D. (2020, April 14). Employer Role: Mental Health During COVID-19. [Conference Presentation] National Safety Council.

Goplerud, E., Sharar, D., & McPherson, T. (2010). Workplace alcohol screening, brief intervention, and EAPs. Health and Productivity Management, 8, 28–31

Hagen, R., & Sharar, D. (2008). It takes a village...A broker's guide to EAPs for the international market. Benefits Selling, 6(1), 75-76. http://hdl.handle.net/10713/4136

Hagen, R., Mollenhauer, M., & Sharar, D. (2016, June 16). The state of global EAP: the environment, top 5 needs, and possible solutions to prepare for the future. [Conference Presentation] XV Annual Employee Assistance European Forum Conference, Bucharest, Romania.

Harting, J., & Sharar, D. (2013, October 15-16). Best practices for surveying EAP clients: Validate the case for your EAP. [Conference Presentation] EAPA’s 2013 World EAP Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Herlihy, P., Sharar, D., and Robey, M. (2022) .The Workplace Inclusion Scale: Another Tool for EAPs. The Journal of Employee Assistance, 52(1), 12–15.tru

Hughes, D., Maiden, R., Osilla, K., Merrick, E., & Sharar, D. (2010, October 8). Research Roundtable: 25 years of peer-reviewed EA research. [Conference Presentation]. EAPA's 2010 Annual World Conference, Tampa, FL.

Hughes, D., Sharar, D., Ocilla, K., Karuntzos, G., Goplerud, E., & Roman, P. (2008, October 17). EAP research roundtable: Evidence-based practice- so what? [Conference Presentation]. EAPA 2008 Annual World Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Jacobson Frey, J., Pompe, J., Sharar, D., Imboden, R., & Bloom, L. (2018). Experiences of internal and hybrid employee assistance program managers: Factors associated with successful, at-risk, and eliminated programs. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 33(3), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/15555240.2017.1416293

Jacobson Frey, J., Pompe, J., Sharar, D., Imboden, R., & Bloom, L. (2018). Experiences of internal and hybrid employee assistance program managers: Factors associated with successful, at-risk, and eliminated programs. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 33(1), 1-23. http://10.1080/15555240.2017.1416293

Jacobson, J. M., Pastoor, J., & Sharar, D. (2013). Predicting practice outcomes among social work employee assistance counselors. Social Work in Mental Health, 11(5), 460–472. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2012.749827

Jacobson, J., & Sharar, D. (2011, April 27-29). Peer Presentation: Worker productivity: Ways to measure it and demonstrate value. [Conference Presentation] EASNA 23rd Annual Institute, Las Vegas, NV.

Lennox, R. and Sharar, D. (2019, September 27). A role for EAPs in supplementing traditional work engagement interventions.[Conference Presentation]. EAPA, St. Louis, MO.

Lennox, R. and Sharar, D. (2016). Personal work engagement: validating a new, more effective model. WorkSpan, 59 (11).

Lennox, R. D., Mollenhauer, M., Sharar, D., Dennis, M., & Godley, M. (2011). Behavioral health screening, health-risk assessments and the bottom line. WorkSpan, 64–69

Lennox, R. D., Sharar, D., Schmitz, E., & Goehner, D. B. (2010). Development and validation of the Chestnut Global Partners Workplace Outcome Suite. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 25(2), 107–131. https://doi.org/10.1080/15555241003760995

Lennox, R., & Sharar, D. (2009, October 23). Empirical (yet friendly) approaches to selecting and measuring outcomes in EAP. [Conference Presentation] EAPA's 2009 Annual World Conference, Dallas, TX.

Lennox, R., Dennis, M., Godley, M., & Sharar, D. (2010). Screening for behavioral health risk to predict absenteeism and workers' compensation claims using the GAIN Short Screener. WorkSpan.

Lennox, R., Dennis, M., Godley, M., Mollenhauer, M., and Sharar, D. (2011). Behavioral health screening: Health-Risk assessments and the bottom line. WorkSpan, January, 64-69.

Lennox, R., Dennis, M., Godley, M., Mollenhauer, M., and Sharar, D. (2011). Behavioral health screening: Health-risk assessments and the bottom line. WorkSpan,  64–69. 

Lennox, R., Herlihy, P., Sharar, D., & Robey, M.(2022). Construction and validation of a short inclusion scale. The Journal of Total Rewards, First Quarter, 26-47.

Lennox, R., Sharar, D., & Burke, J. (2010). Conducting an EAP evaluation using the Workplace Outcome Suite. Journal of Employee Assistance, 40(4), 24–27

Lennox, R., Sharar, D., & Miller, F. (2018). Measuring coaching effectiveness: validation of the workplace outcome suite for coaching. International Journal of Health & Productivity, 10(2), 62-72. http://hdl.handle.net/10713/8971