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We explored the effects of drug use history (current/recent user of drugs, used/tried drugs, never tried drugs) and a measure of drug test consequences (termination versus rehabilitation) on the perceived fairness of organizational drug testing (DT). Data were collected as part of a statewide telephone survey of the general adult population. Personal drug use history and DT consequences interacted such that DT consequences were related to DT fairness only for nonusers who had past drug use experience. The importance of past drug use in understanding reactions to DT are discussed.
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Truxillo, D.M., Normandy, J.L. & Bauer, T.N. Drug Use History, Drug Test Consequences, and the Perceived Fairness of Organizational Drug Testing Programs. Journal of Business and Psychology 16, 87–99 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007891822480
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