Social connections matter for the well-being of neurodivergent workers – adjustments to office settings and routines aren’t enough

By Raysa Geaquinto Rocha, Lecturer at the University of Essex and Assistant Professor at the VU Amsterdam, European Academy of Management (EURAM)
Louise Nash, Senior Lecturer, Organisation Studies and Human Resource Management, University of Essex
Siddhartha Saxena, Postdoc, School of Social Sciences, Heriot-Watt University

Neurodivergent people may struggle with casual conversations and networking. Efforts to ameliorate workplace settings and routines only go so far.

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