Academy of Management Discoveries cited in Charter Works.
Some 5.4 million American adults have autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
and face limited career opportunities because our ideas about being a
good worker often require an understanding of social rules unrelated to
a worker’s actual responsibilities, says Aparna Joshi, a professor at
University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
“The ideal worker norm includes ideas about being a team player,
networking, being able to make small talk,” says Joshi. “If somebody does
that well, we know that those folks do better in the world of work.”
Joshi and colleagues recently published a research study in the Academy
of Management Discoveries that uses interviews and survey data to
explore the social challenges experienced by workers with ASD and their
strategies for navigating these challenges. We spoke with two of the
study’s coauthors, Joshi and Tiffany Johnson James, a professor at
Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business.
Here are takeaways from our conversation, including tactics employers
and managers can use to better support colleagues with ASD…
Continue reading the original article at Charter Works.
Read the original research in Academy of Management Discoveries.
Learn more about the AOM Scholars and explore their work:
- Tiffany D Johnson James, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Aparna Joshi, University of Michigan
- Mary Eve Speach, University of Georgia
- Glen E. Kreiner, University of Utah
