Factors affecting employer adoption of drug testing in New Zealand

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 200-217

  Haar, Jarrod M ^a   Spell, Chester S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee drug testing; Institutional theory; New Zealand employers; Organisational size

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861908416     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1038411107079116.     Document Type: Article

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