Date of Conferral
2022
Degree
Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)
School
Information Systems and Technology
Advisor
Deborah Nattress
Abstract
Some manufacturing business leaders struggle to hire candidates due to drug usage, which negatively impacts profitability. Grounded in Vroom’s expectancy theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies manufacturing business leaders use to hire candidates who can pass a drug test in the southeast region of the United States. Participants included four manufacturing business leaders with at least 1 year of ownership or 5 years of managerial experience who implemented strategies for hiring candidates who could pass a drug test. Data were collected using semistructured audio interviews and documents, such as U.S. drug and alcohol policies and blank job applications. The four themes from thematic analysis were drug testing, company policies, legal requirements, and employee data. The primary recommendation for manufacturing business leaders is to randomly drug test candidates before and shortly after hiring to find motivated people to conform to company policies, meet legal requirements, and perform well. The implications for positive social change include the potential to reduce unemployment, decrease bodily injuries, increase life expectancy, and decrease crime rates in communities.
Recommended Citation
Olson, Michael, "Strategies for Hiring Candidates Who Can Pass a Drug Test in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector" (2022). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 13073.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/13073
