Journal article
Beyond Adaptations and Accommodations: Management Practice that Matters as the Key to Retention of Employees with Autism (Part 1)
Revista de Management Comparat International, Vol.22(5), pp.636-658
01/12/2021
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Abstract
United Nations declares that employment is a basic human right. Numerous public policies reference the devastating impact of unemployment on health and social inclusion and seek to promote the economic participation of people-with-disabilities. Some researchers reckon high levels of economic marginalisation are experienced by people with a disability in Australia, in comparison with other OECD countries. In the literature, 80% unemployment rates are reported among working-age people-with-autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This is a critical area of concern that is currently under-researched and poorly addressed. "ASD-ness" (ASD behavioural characteristics) can be regarded as personal differences rather than disorders. Acknowledged experts such as Drucker and Cliffton & Harter argue that individuals gain more when they build on their talents rather than focusing on improving weaknesses. The authors, therefore, take an ASD-ness-strengths-basedapproach philosophy which, in a nutshell, regards ASD-ness as a source of employmentstrengths and autistic behavioural challenges as personal differences not deficits.
Details
- Title
- Beyond Adaptations and Accommodations: Management Practice that Matters as the Key to Retention of Employees with Autism (Part 1)
- Creators
- Peter S Wong - Southern Cross UniversityMichelle Donelly - Southern Cross UniversityBill Boyd - Southern Cross UniversityPhilip A Neck - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Revista de Management Comparat International, Vol.22(5), pp.636-658
- Publisher
- Academia de Studii Economice din Bucuresti
- Identifiers
- 991013007098002368
- Academic Unit
- Office of the Vice Chancellor; Faculty of Health; Faculty of Science and Engineering; School of Environment, Science and Engineering; School of Health and Human Sciences; Allied Health and Midwifery
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article