Table 1 Sample characteristics...

Table 1

Sample characteristics

Identifier of participants and organizations		Job title	Gender	Tenure	Sector of the organization	Number of employees in organization	Follow-up participation
Identifier of participants and organizations		Job title	Gender	Tenure	Sector of the organization	Number of employees in organization	Focus group	Survey
STEM1	Employee	Engineer	Male	6 years	IT-sector	1,001–5,000	Group 1	Yes
	Line manager	Manager	Male	19 years	IT-sector	1,001–5,000	Group 1
	HR professional	HR advisor	Female	6 years	IT-sector	1,001–5,000	Group 2
FIN1	Employee 1	Specialist	Male	6 years	Financial services	>10,000
	Employee 2	Analyst	Female	6 years	Financial services	>10,000		Yes
	Employee 3	Designer	Female	11 years	Financial services	>10,000		Yes
	Line manager	Supervisor	Male	25 years	Financial services	>10,000
	HR professional 1	HR expert	Female	3 years	Financial services	>10,000	Group 2
	HR professional 2	HR Product Manager	Female	n.d	Financial services	>10,000	Group 1
STEM2	HR professional	HR Manager	Female	2 years	IT-sector	50–100
STEM3	Employee	Developer	Male	4 years	IT-sector	<50		Yes
	HR professional 1	HR Director	Male	8 years	IT-sector	<50
	HR professional 2	Job coach	Female	<1 year	IT-sector	<50	Group 2
PROF1	HR professional 1	HR Director	Male	14 years	Professional services	<50
PROF1	HR professional 2	Student-employee	Male	<1 year	Professional services	<50
PROF2	HR professional 1	Job coach	Male	2 years	Professional services	501–1,000	Group 2
PROF2	HR professional 2	Job coach	Female	5 years	Professional services	501–1,000
STEM4	Employee	Consultant	Male	12 years	IT-sector	>10,000		Yes
	Line manager	Manager	Male	8 years	IT-sector	>10,000	Group 2
	Employee representative 1	Architect	Male	13 years	IT-sector	>10,000
	Employee representative 2	Developer	Female	5 years	IT-sector	>10,000
	HR professional 1	HR Business Partner	Male	5 years	IT-sector	>10,000
	HR professional 2	HR Lead	Female	n.d	IT-sector	>10,000
	HR professional 3	HR Program Manager	Male	<1 year	IT-sector	>10,000	Group 1
PROF3	Employee	Networker	Male	1 year	Professional services	501–1,000
STEM5	Employee	Designer	Male	n.d	IT-sector	1,001–5,000		Yes
STEM5	HR Professional	HR Manager	Male	22 years	IT-sector	1,001–5,000	Group 1
CON1	Employee representative 1	Director IT	Male	10 years	Consultancy	5,001–10,000	Group 2
CON1	HR professional	Senior HR Consultant	Female	4 years	Consultancy	5,001–10,000	Group 1
PROF4	Employee	Designer	Female	<1 year	Professional services	<50
PROF4	Line manager	Director	Female	11 years	Professional services	<50

Identifier of participants and organizations		Job title	Gender	Tenure	Sector of the organization	Number of employees in organization	Follow-up participation
Identifier of participants and organizations		Job title	Gender	Tenure	Sector of the organization	Number of employees in organization	Focus group	Survey
STEM1	Employee	Engineer	Male	6 years	IT-sector	1,001–5,000	Group 1	Yes
	Line manager	Manager	Male	19 years	IT-sector	1,001–5,000	Group 1
	HR professional	HR advisor	Female	6 years	IT-sector	1,001–5,000	Group 2
FIN1	Employee 1	Specialist	Male	6 years	Financial services	>10,000
	Employee 2	Analyst	Female	6 years	Financial services	>10,000		Yes
	Employee 3	Designer	Female	11 years	Financial services	>10,000		Yes
	Line manager	Supervisor	Male	25 years	Financial services	>10,000
	HR professional 1	HR expert	Female	3 years	Financial services	>10,000	Group 2
	HR professional 2	HR Product Manager	Female	n.d	Financial services	>10,000	Group 1
STEM2	HR professional	HR Manager	Female	2 years	IT-sector	50–100
STEM3	Employee	Developer	Male	4 years	IT-sector	<50		Yes
	HR professional 1	HR Director	Male	8 years	IT-sector	<50
	HR professional 2	Job coach	Female	<1 year	IT-sector	<50	Group 2
PROF1	HR professional 1	HR Director	Male	14 years	Professional services	<50
PROF1	HR professional 2	Student-employee	Male	<1 year	Professional services	<50
PROF2	HR professional 1	Job coach	Male	2 years	Professional services	501–1,000	Group 2
PROF2	HR professional 2	Job coach	Female	5 years	Professional services	501–1,000
STEM4	Employee	Consultant	Male	12 years	IT-sector	>10,000		Yes
	Line manager	Manager	Male	8 years	IT-sector	>10,000	Group 2
	Employee representative 1	Architect	Male	13 years	IT-sector	>10,000
	Employee representative 2	Developer	Female	5 years	IT-sector	>10,000
	HR professional 1	HR Business Partner	Male	5 years	IT-sector	>10,000
	HR professional 2	HR Lead	Female	n.d	IT-sector	>10,000
	HR professional 3	HR Program Manager	Male	<1 year	IT-sector	>10,000	Group 1
PROF3	Employee	Networker	Male	1 year	Professional services	501–1,000
STEM5	Employee	Designer	Male	n.d	IT-sector	1,001–5,000		Yes
STEM5	HR Professional	HR Manager	Male	22 years	IT-sector	1,001–5,000	Group 1
CON1	Employee representative 1	Director IT	Male	10 years	Consultancy	5,001–10,000	Group 2
CON1	HR professional	Senior HR Consultant	Female	4 years	Consultancy	5,001–10,000	Group 1
PROF4	Employee	Designer	Female	<1 year	Professional services	<50
PROF4	Line manager	Director	Female	11 years	Professional services	<50

Note(s): Employee representatives were interviewed as being part of a neurodiversity-network and reflected on the experiences of neurodivergent workers as a collective; although individual participants' neurodiversity were not reported in this Table, various participants opted to disclose a (self-)diagnosis during the interviews (amongst which Autism, AHDH, Dyslexia were the most prevalent); n.d. = not disclosed by the participant

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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