Drug Testing in the Workplace

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Research Findings

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Extent and Impact of Alcohol and Drug Use Problems in the Workplace

      • Jack K. Martin, Joan M. Kraft, Paul M. Roman

      Pages 3-31

   3. Predictors of Drug Use and Implications for the Workplace

      • Michael D. Newcomb

      Pages 33-56

   4. A Critical Review of the Estimates of the Costs of Alcohol and Drug Use

      • John Dinardo

      Pages 57-76

   5. The Effects of Psychoactive Substances on Workplace Performance

      • Robert B. Coambs, Mary Pat McAndrews

      Pages 77-102

   6. Drug Testing Methods and Interpretations of Test Results

      • Bhushan Kapur

      Pages 103-120

   7. The Impact and Effectiveness of Drug Testing Programs in the Workplace

      • Scott Macdonald, Samantha Wells

      Pages 121-142

   8. Evaluation Approaches for Cost-Effectiveness and Effectiveness of Drug Testing Programs

      • Joan A. Marshman

      Pages 143-164

   9. Some Legal Aspects of Drug Testing in the Canadian Workplace

      • Monique Pinsonneault

      Pages 165-183

   10. Constitutional and Statutory Treatment of Drug Testing in the United States

       • Risa L. Lieberwitz

       Pages 185-204

   11. Arbitration of Drug Testing Disputes

       • Tia Schneider Denenberg, R. V. Denenberg

       Pages 205-229

   12. Behavioral Tests to Assess Performance

       • Barbara Butler, David Tranter

       Pages 231-255

   13. Alternatives to Drug Testing

       • Martin Shain

       Pages 257-277

   14. The Interrelations of Drug Testing with Other Human Resource Management Practices and Organizational Characteristics

       • Terry C. Blum, Dail L. Fields, Stuart H. Milne, Chester S. Spell

       Pages 279-302

3. Perspectives On Drug Testing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 303-303

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   2. Union Perspectives on Workplace Drug Testing

      • Shahid Alvi

      Pages 305-318

   3. Drug Testing, the War on Drugs, Workers, and the Workplace

      • Judith C. Blackwell

      Pages 319-333

4. Back Matter

   Pages 335-341

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''Previous volumes have been well received and the present work should be no exception....In a field where advances contribute to the widening gap between clinician and researchers, this volume serves to close that distance.''-Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research, from a review of a previous volume

• ETA
• Union
• alcohol
• alcoholism
• drugs
• experiment
• research
• state
• treatment

• Social Evaluation and Research, Addiction Research Foundation, London, Canada

  Scott Macdonald

• Institute for Behavioral Research, University of Georgia, Athens, USA

  Paul Roman

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