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Colleagues' Perception of Supported Employee Performance
Author(s) -
Cramm JaneMurray,
Tebra Nelleke,
Finkenflügel Harry
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of policy and practice in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1741-1130
pISSN - 1741-1122
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2008.00188.x
Subject(s) - psychology , perception , social psychology , context (archaeology) , work (physics) , applied psychology , mechanical engineering , paleontology , neuroscience , engineering , biology
The authors investigated whether supported employees are perceived on an equal basis within the workplace by their nondisabled worker colleagues. Three types of social relationships were considered in a workplace context (“work acquaintances,”“work friends,” and “social friends”) in order to examine whether the types of social relationships that develop between supported employees and their coworkers may reveal information regarding the level of equality between them and the level of integration enjoyed by the supported employees. Semi‐structured interviews were held with coworkers of supported employees and were used to determine the extent to which supported employees become socially integrated. Specifically examined was the progression from “work acquaintances” to “work friends” and ultimately to “social friends.” It was found that although all workplace colleagues without disabilities considered supported employees to be at least “work acquaintances,” some of them identified supported employees as “social friends.”