Small Business Drug-Testing Strategy: Implications of Pre-Employment Testing

Authors

  • John M. Gleason Creighton University
  • Darold T. Barnum University of Illinois, Chicago

Abstract

This paper identifies problems in drug testing accuracy that may arise in small business environments in which job applicants are subjected to drug tests, and suggests a method for dealing with the problems. Relevant concepts of drug-test accuracy are  reviewed  These concepts are incorporated in Bayesian analyses of data from specific workplace-applicant populations, and accuracy levels  to  be  expected  in  testing  of applicants  in  such  workplaces are identified The conclusion of this analysis is that seemingly accurate tests for abused drugs  can  be  inaccurate  to  a  disturbingly  high  degree,  particularly    under  circumstances   likely to be present in many small business drug-testing programs. A method by which these inaccuracies can be avoided is suggested.

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1999-06-17

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (1999)

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Small Business Drug-Testing Strategy: Implications of Pre-Employment Testing. (1999). Journal of Small Business Strategy (archive Only), 10(2), 20-31. https://libjournals.mtsu.edu/index.php/jsbs/article/view/412