Influence of Job Characteristics on the Acceptability of Employee Drug Testing

Measures of the acceptability of employee drug testing were obtained from a sample of college students ( n = 371) and a second sample of nontraditional, older college students ( n = 112) and were correlated with job-analysis data from the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ) and Dictionary of Occup...

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Published in:Journal of applied psychology 1991-06, Vol.76 (3), p.447-453
Main Authors: Murphy, Kevin R, Thornton, George C, Prue, Kristin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceptance
Adult
Adult Attitudes
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Attitude
Attitudes
Biological and medical sciences
College students
Dangerousness
Drug testing
Drug Usage Screening
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Job Characteristics
Job descriptions
Job Satisfaction
Male
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Occupational psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Public opinion
Risk Factors
Social research
Statistical analysis
Street Drugs
Substance Abuse Detection - psychology
Substance-Related Disorders - prevention & control
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
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Summary:Measures of the acceptability of employee drug testing were obtained from a sample of college students ( n = 371) and a second sample of nontraditional, older college students ( n = 112) and were correlated with job-analysis data from the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ) and Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) databases, and with measures of perceived danger from impaired performance in each job. Both PAQ and DOT data accounted for variance in ratings of acceptability. Perceptions of danger were the best single predictor of acceptability and appeared to mediate the relationships between job characteristics and the acceptability of employee drug testing.
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/0021-9010.76.3.447