Reactions to managing counterproductive behavior through the implementation of a drug and alcohol testing program: Americans and Canadians are more different than you might expect

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 135-142

  Seijts, Gerard H ^a   Skarlicki, Daniel P ^b   Gilliland, Stephen W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0036000511     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2389.00200     Document Type: Article

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