Download or read book Drug Testing in the Workplace written by S. Macdonald and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ''Previous volumes have been well received and the present work should be no exception....In a field where advances contribute to the widening gap between clinician and researchers, this volume serves to close that distance.''-Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research, from a review of a previous volume

Download or read book Testing and Assessment written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Workplace Drug Testing written by Alain G. Verstraete and published by Pharmaceutical Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive text provides clear explanations of the effects of drugs on human performance and the need for workplace drug testing. It provides essential information on the regulatory and legal frameworks around the world, how to set policies and coverage of all aspects of drug analysis and the associated interpretation of results.Contents include:* epidemiology of drug use in the working population* the evidence base and guidelines for workplace drug testing* legal, regulatory aspects and policies for drugs and alcohol* urine and alternative sample collection process* analytical techniques and specimen adulteration.Case studies of successful programmes are also included to illustrate the principles discussed.Written by internationally acknowledged experts this informative book will be essential reading for anyone interested in workplace drug testing or setting up such a system including clinical and forensic toxicologists, occupational health physicians, nurses, human resources, drug counselling and treatment providers, analytical chemists and lawyers.Alain Verstraete is Professor at the Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium and Department Head of the Toxicology Laboratory of the Laboratory of Clinical Biology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

Download or read book Performance Assessment for the Workplace written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although ability testing has been an American preoccupation since the 1920s, comparatively little systematic attention has been paid to understanding and measuring the kinds of human performance that tests are commonly used to predictâ€"such as success at school or work. Now, a sustained, large-scale effort has been made to develop measures that are very close to actual performance on the job. The four military services have carried out an ambitious study, called the Joint-Service Job Performance Measurement/Enlistment Standards (JPM) Project, that brings new sophistication to the measurement of performance in work settings. Volume 1 analyzes the JPM experience in the context of human resource management policy in the military. Beginning with a historical overview of the criterion problem, it looks closely at substantive and methodological issues in criterion research suggested by the project: the development of performance measures; sampling, logistical, and standardization problems; evaluating the reliability and content representativeness of performance measures; and the relationship between predictor scores and performance measuresâ€"valuable information that can also be useful in the civilian workplace.

Download or read book Psychological Assessment in the Workplace written by Mark Cook and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-06-24 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the assessment of people within the workplace. Written in jargon free language, it offers a guide to psychological assessment that can be used by managers in their everyday work. Each chapter will specifically cover an assessment practice and then explore the issues surrounding it, following this discussion with a case study. Ideas for test selection, guidance on assessment centre practice and illustrations of successfully worked exercises are also included.

Download or read book Workplace Testing written by Diane Arthur and published by AMACOM/American Management Association. This book was released on 1994 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What tests can we use before hiring? After hiring? How reliable are the results of personality tests? Will drug testing help our organization, or open the door to lawsuits? How can we make sure testing doesn't violate an employee's privacy? Confused about the use of tests in the workplace? Most employers are. The subject is controversial and increasingly complex. But here at last is a comprehensive, practical guide to all facets of preemployment and employment testing, designed to answer every question that you have. Written by an expert in human resources management, Workplace Testing delivers a complete overview of the various types of tests available to employers today: drug and alcohol testing; psychological testing; personality testing; integrity or honesty testing; and physical testing, including AIDS and genetic tests. Each chapter also includes a summary checklist of key points for ready reference. What's more, you'll learn to evaluate each type of test within a larger context that helps you understand the positive and negative aspects of testing; choose among the vast number and variety of available tests; develop clear testing policies for your organization; ensure that tests are administered and interpreted competently and fairly; steer clear of legal liability resulting from test misuse; use tests appropriately for better hiring, career development, and enhanced productivity; recognize the limitations of testing; and elicit information by other means, from application forms and references to interviews and performance appraisals. At every step, Workplace Testing guides you through the minefield of legal considerations surrounding this issue. In nontechnical terms, the author describes the impact of key legislation - including the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1991, Americans with Disabilities Act, and Drug-Free Workplace Act - and identifies federal guidelines that govern testing by employers. Employers afflicted by professional "test anxiety" can refer to this valuable guide with confidence. It will help you determine whether testing is appropriate, desirable, and lawful in virtually any work situation - and will help improve recruitment, hiring, and retention throughout your organization.

Download or read book Handbook of Workplace Assessment written by John C. Scott and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-07-26 with total page 917 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Workplace Assessment Given the trend for organizations to streamline their workforces and focus on acquiring and retaining only top talent, a key challenge has been how to use assessment programs to deliver a high-performing workforce that can drive revenues, shareholder value, growth, and long-term sustainability. The Handbook of Workplace Assessment directly addresses this challenge by presenting sound, evidence-based, and practical guidance for implementing assessment processes that will lead to exceptional decisions about people. The chapters in this book provide a wide range of perspectives from a world-renowned group of authors and reflect cutting-edge theory and practice. The Handbook of Workplace Assessment provides the framework for what should be assessed and why and shows how to ensure that assessment programs are of the highest quality reviews best practices for assessing capabilities across a wide variety of positions summarizes key strategic applications of assessment that include succession management, mergers, acquisitions and downsizings, identification of potential, and selection on a global scale highlights advances, trends, and issues in the assessment field including technology-based assessment, the legal environment, alternative validation strategies, flaws in assessment, and the strategic use of evaluation to link assessment to organizational priorities This SIOP Professional Practice Series Handbook will be applicable to HR professionals who are tasked with implementing an assessment program as well as for the users of assessments, including hiring managers and organizational leaders who are looking for direction on what to assess, what it will take, and how to realize the benefits of an assessment program. This Handbook is also intended for assessment professionals and researchers who build, validate, and implement assessments.

Download or read book Drug Testing in the Workplace written by Madonna Posey and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Under the Influence written by Richard O. Lempert and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of Workplace Drug Testing written by Ray H. Liu and published by American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Incorporated. This book was released on 1995 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Test Policy and the Politics of Opportunity Allocation The Workplace and the Law written by Bernard R. Gifford and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernard R. Gifford In the United States, the standardized test has become one of the major sources of information for reducing uncertainty in the determination of individual merit and in the allocation of merit-based educational, training, and employment opportunities. Most major institutions of higher education require applicants to supplement their records of academic achievements with scores on standardized tests. Similarly, in the workplace, as a condition of employment or assignment to training programs, more and more employers are requiring prospective employees to sit for standardized tests. In short, with increasing frequency and intensity, individual members of the political economy are required to transmit to the opportunity marketplace scores on standardized examinations that purport to be objective measures of their and potential. In many instances, these test scores are the abilities, talents, only signals about their skills that job applicants are permitted to send to prospective employers. THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TESTING AND PUBLIC POLICY In view of the importance of these issues to our current national agenda, it was proposed that the Human Rights and Governance and the Education and Culture Programs of the Ford Foundation support the establishment of a ''blue ribbon" National Commission on Testing and Public Policy to investigate some of the major problems as well as the untapped opportunities created by recent trends in the use of standardized tests, particularly in the workplace and in schools.

Download or read book Tests That Work written by Odin Westgaard and published by Pfeiffer. This book was released on 1999-05-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only practical business resource available that shows you howto use tests to assess skills and values in the workplace! Loaded with figures, tips, checklists, and examples, Tests ThatWork gives you everything you need to use assessments responsiblyand effectively at your organization. You know the effects of mediocre workplace performance: reducedprofitability, poor productivity, and diminished customer andemployee satisfaction. But while you know the effects, finding thecauses can seem nearly impossible. Do some of your employees needto improve their execution of basic tasks? Should some of youremployees work on expanding their knowledge? How can you answerthese questions? Tests enable you to find answers such as these. But manyorganizations are afraid to use assessments: test development andexecution is complicated. Bad tests can seem punishing oroffensive, and yield inconclusive or incorrect results. That's why noted consultant Odin Westgaard brings you Tests ThatWork, the only practical resource available that shows you how touse tests to assess skills and values in the workplace. Westgaardoffers you invaluable advice whether you're developing andadministering tests--or merely selecting them. "Confusion has reigned in the realms of tests, testing, andcalibrating human performance. Until now. This book will be on mydesk -- the shelf is too far away!" --Roger Kaufman, professor and director, office for needsassessment and planning, Florida State University; co-editor, TheGuidebook for Performance Improvement "This is one valuable book I won't loan to anyone. I'd never get itback! It's that good." --Kery Mortenson, senior site training specialist, AbbottLaboratories You'll learn how to: * Test organizational attitudes * Examine test validity and reliability * Manage ethical issues related to test administration * Evaluate and report test results . . . and more! You'll use tests to: * discover where training is needed * determine whether training was successful * analyze an organizational culture * assess opinions and preferences * and more! Whether you're a manager who's considering using tests at yourorganization, a human resource development professional who'sdesigning and implementing tests for your clients, or an educatoror student engaged in the study or practice of assessment -- thisis the resource for you!

Download or read book Workers Privacy Testing in the workplace written by and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 1993 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third of three issues on workers' privacy in industrialized countries, this volume is devoted to testing of workers and job applicants to detect alcohol and drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, genetic abnormalities, psychological characteristics and honesty.

Download or read book Drug Testing in the Workplace written by Kay Lumas and published by Dr. Kay Lumas. This book was released on 2007 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognizing that alcohol and drug use in the workplace is a significant social and economic problem, various forms of drug testing have been branded as the solutions to a safer and more productive work environment. In this determined drive to find a userfriendly and accurate substance use detection strategy, a variety of drug testing procedures have been developed and used with varying consistently across industry groups. One such method, trace detection technology, however, has been employed in spite of the paucity of empirical evidence to validate its use as a stand-alone screening system for drug detection. Furthermore, research on the impact of false positive results of trace detection technology is extremely limited amidst a climate in many locales in which it is regularly used. With trace detection technology being used extensively in both the private and public sectors for drug screening purposes, the objectives of this research were twofold: To examine the efficacy of trace detection technology as a stand alone method of drug testing by exploring the lived experiences of commercial truck drivers who have experienced false-positive drug test results firsthand; and to explore the emotional and physical impact of false-positive test results generated by this technology on the individual commercial truck driver. The results from this research have broad implications for general workforces subject to periodic or scheduled drug screening, for law enforcement professionals who rely on a detection strategy that can produce false positive outcomes, for the legal community seeking understanding of this technology application, and for social science professionals who seek to pursue a provocative research topic.

Download or read book Testing in the Workplace written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comprehensive Procedures for Drug Testing in the Workplace written by National Institute on Drug Abuse and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Final Report of the Task Force on Drug Testing in the Workplace written by Oklahoma. Legislature. Task Force on Drug Testing in the Workplace and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: