SCALING CLIFFS AND CROSSING CHASMS: UNPACKING THE MICRO-PROCESSES OF INCLUSION THROUGH THE LENS OF AUTISM JOB COACHES
Open Access
- Graduate Program:
- Business Administration
- Degree:
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Document Type:
- Dissertation
- Date of Defense:
- May 09, 2016
- Committee Members:
- Aparna Joshi, Dissertation Advisor
- Aparna Anand Joshi, Committee Chair
- Glen Kreiner, Committee Member
- Forrest Scott Briscoe, Committee Member
- David Brent Mcnaughton, Outside Member
- Keywords:
- diversity
- stigma
- inclusion
- autism
- Abstract:
- In this two essay dissertation, I explore the challenges faced by organizations trying to create inclusive workplaces by addressing two sets of questions involved in the important process of ‘building bridges’ between different groups: 1) the process of – and challenges associated with- bringing together members of marginalized and dominant groups in the workplace; 2) how organizations select and socialize individuals to engage in the process of bringing these two groups together. I answer these questions by focusing on one set of actors charged with developing an inclusive employment landscape- job coaches for adults with autism spectrum disorders.