Overview
- Fills a gap in workplace disability literature
- Discusses the financial and social costs of autism for individuals and organizations
- Explores the stigma of autism and the effects of this stigma on work outcomes
- Presents the perceptions of hiring individuals with autism from the organization’s perspective
Part of the book series: Palgrave Explorations in Workplace Stigma (PAEWS)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Scope of the Issue
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The Transition to Employment
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The Employment of Individuals with Autism
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About this book
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Amy E. Hurley-Hanson is Associate Professor of Management in the George L. Argyros School of Business and Economics at Chapman University, USA. She is the co-editor of Extreme Leadership: Leaders, Teams and Situations Outside the Norm.
Cristina M. Giannantonio is Professor of Human Resource Management in the George L. Argyros School of Business and Economics at Chapman University, USA. She is the co-editor of Extreme Leadership: Leaders, Teams and Situations Outside the Norm.
Amy-Jane Griffiths is a licensed psychologist and Assistant Professor of Clinical Counseling in the Attallah College of Educational Studies at Chapman University, USA. Her research and clinical work focus on improving educational and employment outcomes for individuals with exceptional needs.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Autism in the Workplace
Book Subtitle: Creating Positive Employment and Career Outcomes for Generation A
Authors: Amy E. Hurley-Hanson, Cristina M. Giannantonio, Amy Jane Griffiths
Series Title: Palgrave Explorations in Workplace Stigma
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29049-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-29048-1Published: 28 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-29051-1Published: 28 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-29049-8Published: 15 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2662-3625
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3633
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 275
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Human Resource Management, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Disability Studies, Applied Psychology