Exploring Neurodiversity & The Role of Flexible Workplaces For Organizational Neuroinclusion

This thesis conducted a thorough literature review on the experiences and outcomes of neurodiverse individuals in the workplace and found consistently lower outcomes in well-being, work performance, intention to leave, and job satisfaction compared to neurotypical workers. It examined how the emergence of remote work presents new opportunities for mitigating some workplace challenges around stress and sensory overload, while recognizing that remote work alone falls short as being a definitive solution for the unique challenges faced by neurodiverse people. Instead, it argued for Flexible Work Arrangements (FWA’s) as a comprehensive and systemic strategy to address individual needs and organizational inclusion, concluding with recommendations for employee resource groups, participatory leadership, and alternative hiring processes from case studies of large-scale neuroinclusive programs. These findings have significant implications for the design of various flexible work policies, such as remote or hybrid work, and for advancing the well-being and workplace equity of neurodiverse workers.