Are you positive? The relationship of minority composition to workplace drug and alcohol testing

Gilbert C. Gee; Barbara Curbow; Margaret E. Ensminger; Joan Griffin; David J. Laflamme; Karen McDonnell; David LeGrande; Jacqueline Agnew

doi:10.1177/002204260503500405

Are you positive? The relationship of minority composition to workplace drug and alcohol testing

Gilbert C. Gee, Barbara Curbow, Margaret E. Ensminger, Joan Griffin, David J. Laflamme, Karen McDonnell, David LeGrande, Jacqueline Agnew

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Although testing for alcohol and drug use is common in the U.S. workplace, relatively little is known about the characteristics of workplaces that test and about the consequences to persons tested. This paper describes the link between drug and alcohol testing and the minority composition of worksites. The data come from a 1999 survey of 264 union officials in the telecommunications industry. These preliminary data suggest minority worksites were more likely to perform preemployment and just-cause testing and less likely to perform random drug testing, even after considering workplace characteristics such as normative use of drugs. A similar but weaker association was found for alcohol testing.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	755-778
Number of pages	24
Journal	Journal of Drug Issues
Volume	35
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/002204260503500405
State	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Health(social science)
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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