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In Search of Regained Time? Autism and Organizational [A]temporality in the Light of Humanistic Management

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This paper investigates the relationship that people with high functioning autism have with organizational temporality by considering this operationalization within the framework of humanistic management. To do so, it proposes an analysis based on seven propositions. Autism is a disorder that is still poorly understood and often linked to social depictions that are as unfounded as they are repulsive. It remains an unexplored area of study in the field of management sciences. Existing scholarship has established that people with autism have great difficulty finding and retaining employment. While it is well known that they have weak social skills, their difficulties in relation to time have only been studied in medical research, even though organizational temporality substantially shapes the functioning of teams. The operationalization of autistic temporality as a particular temporality within humanistic management allows for the development of a new conceptual framework based on a consideration of neuro-atypia. This paper begins with a presentation of the theoretical background. It then develops the theoretical model. Implications, limitations and directions for further studies are discussed before concluding.

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  1. As Baron-Cohen (2018) recalls, although Hans Asperger helped further understanding of high functioning autism, his involvement with and strong support of the Nazi regime make his name infamous nowadays.

  2. For Rosa et al. (2017), modern societies aim at protecting a form of status quo at political, economic, and social levels, as well as replicating their very structures. To achieve these goals, they need cultural innovation, technological improvement, and economic growth. This paradox (growth and innovation nurturing a status quo) is named ‘dynamic stabilization’.

  3. Sensory constraints refer to intense overreactions to sensorial stimuli, which are part of neural specificities of people with autism. These overreactions manifest themselves with moderate to intense physical discomfort, leading to physical and social withdrawals.

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Fiori-Khayat, C. In Search of Regained Time? Autism and Organizational [A]temporality in the Light of Humanistic Management. J Bus Ethics 188, 665–679 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-023-05503-z

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