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Employers’ perspectives regarding reasonable accommodations for employees with autism spectrum disorder

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  • Waisman-Nitzan, Michal
  • Gal, Eynat
  • Schreuer, Naomi

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Employers who are open to the establishment of a neuro-diverse workforce, including adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), often encounter challenges resulting from both personal characteristics and environmental barriers. Employees with ASD demonstrate evident abilities and a high motivation to work, yet their employment rate remains low. This qualitative phenomenological study explored the perspectives of 11 employers of individuals with ASD from the open labour market. Three themes emerged: employers’ perception of employees with ASD; their motivation to employ an employee with ASD; and accessibility of the work environment: reasonable adjustments. The findings support the importance of factors in the work environment that serve to either inhibit or facilitate the inclusion of people with ASD in the open labour market as much as their personal characteristics. The results relate to workplace accessibility within the context of the organization’s management and justice climate.

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  • Waisman-Nitzan, Michal & Gal, Eynat & Schreuer, Naomi, 2019. "Employers’ perspectives regarding reasonable accommodations for employees with autism spectrum disorder," Journal of Management & Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 25(4), pages 481-498, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jomorg:v:25:y:2019:i:04:p:481-498_00
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    1. Coralie Fiori-Khayat, 2023. "In Search of Regained Time? Autism and Organizational [A]temporality in the Light of Humanistic Management," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 188(4), pages 665-679, December.
    2. Moti Zwilling & Beni R. Levy, 2022. "How Well Environmental Design Is and Can Be Suited to People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Natural Language Processing Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(9), pages 1-20, April.

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