Investigation of general and program-specific attitudes toward corporate drug-testing policies.

Investigated, in 3 studies, individuals' attitudes toward corporate drug-testing programs. 75 undergraduates in a laboratory experiment held favorable attitudes toward (1) punitive drug-testing programs for employees in safety-sensitive occupations and (2) less punitive drug-testing programs for employees in less safety-sensitive occupations. However, in a correlational field study, 108 drug-tested employees in safety-sensitive positions held more negative attitudes toward punitive drug-testing programs than did drug-tested individuals in less safety-sensitive positions. In an inductive investigation of fairness determinants, 664 tested and nontested employees invoked different justice rules when assessing the fairness of highly punitive drug-testing programs. Implications for research and practice are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)