Up in Smoke: Reciprocal Effects of Cannabis Use and Job Complexity on Extrinsic Career Outcomes
基于8年纵向数据，研究发现大麻使用通过降低工作复杂性减少收入和职业声望，而工作复杂性则通过减少大麻使用提升职业成果，且后一效应更强。
ABSTRACT With the passage of cannabis‐friendly legislation in the U.S., cannabis use is on the rise and poses increasing challenges to managing human resources in the workplace. However, the literature offers a limited understanding of its long‐term implications for career outcomes. Drawing on social selection theory, we argue that cannabis use negatively influences one's extrinsic career outcomes (i.e., income and occupational prestige) over time via lowered job complexity. Furthermore, based on social causation theory, we propose an alternative model in which higher job complexity reduces cannabis use over time to facilitate one's extrinsic career outcomes. Using 8 years of longitudinal panel data from multiple sources, we found support for the hypothesized reciprocal effect between cannabis use and job complexity and their influences on income and occupational prestige. Moreover, the impact of job complexity on extrinsic career outcomes via cannabis use was stronger than the impact of cannabis use on extrinsic career outcomes via job complexity. We discuss this study's theoretical and practical implications for cannabis use and human resource management research and practice.