EMPLOYEE ATTITUDES TOWARD WORK-SITE ALCOHOL TESTING

Few studies have been published on how employees feel about work-site alcohol testing, By mail, we surveyed employees (n = 6370) at 16 corpo rate work sites stratified by type of work force, industrial setting; and managerial tolerance toward drinking. We queried respondents about their drinking on the job and support for work-site alcohol testing u nder three conditions: pre-employment testing; testing after an accide nt, and random testing. Sixty-five percent of respondents supported pr e-employment testing; 81% supported testing after an accident, and 49% supported random testing, Support was relatively consistent across hi erarchy (managers, supervisors, and workers) but different by age, edu cation, occupation, type of work force, and perceived exposure to occu pational hazards, Support for work-site alcohol testing was highest am ong blue-collar workers whose jobs involved manufacturing or exposure to work-site hazards.