Day, M. orcid.org/0000-0003-2962-3124, Wood, C. orcid.org/0000-0001-6451-7859
, Corker, E. et al. (1 more author)
(2024)
Understanding the barriers to hiring autistic people as perceived by employers in the United Kingdom.
Autism.
ISSN 1362-3613
Abstract
In the United Kingdom, autistic adults struggle more to find jobs than non-autistic adults, which is a big concern to the government. To help more autistic people get jobs, hiring processes need to be better. By understanding what employers find challenging about hiring autistic people, we can come up with solutions to improve autistic people's employment chances. A survey of 1212 employers and employees who hire people was conducted to find out what affects employers' decisions to hire autistic people. Most people said they were open to hiring autistic applicants. This was particularly true for younger employers and men. People who had hired autistic people before were more likely to intend to do so again. However, key barriers to hiring were (1) not knowing enough about autism and (2) problems with how hiring is usually done in organisations. Employers also reported worrying about whether autistic employees would fit in at work, their productivity and the need for better training and changes to hiring methods. Our results indicate that it is important to educate employers about autism and make hiring practices more inclusive.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2024. Creative Commons License (CC BY 4.0) This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages. |
Keywords: | adults; autism spectrum disorders; vocational/labour force participation |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Dec 2024 11:06 |
Last Modified: | 18 Dec 2024 11:06 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/13623613241301493 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:220517 |