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Table 4

Third emerging theme, with related sub-themes and quotes

Theme 3	Subtheme	Quotes
Unsupportiveness of formal/rigid work relationships	Difficulty dealing with an authoritarian leadership style	“It happened to me, especially at the beginning of my career when I had to rely on more competent colleagues, that it bothered me quite a bit when they were rigid and told me ‘You have to do things like this because they should be done like this!’: this bothers me quite a bit.” (P.C.)
	Negative judgment and lack of understanding	“I did not disclose the diagnosis at work because they would not understand it, they would not have the tools to understand how to manage something like that and I keep it hidden anyway. I'm quite open about other things but I prefer to keep this to myself because then in Italian ignorance (If I may use the term) is seen as a disorder of attention so I do not want to give this perception to the outside world, especially because I'm aiming for managerial roles.” (S.D.C.)
	Performance anxiety	“Some projects require immediate intervention: customers expect immediate action. These requests make me very tired as I have to give up everything I am doing, and I must solve that problem immediately but also well without errors.” (P.C.)
	Organizational rituals	“When, however, a bond with colleagues has not developed, moments of sociality are a burden because it involves having to pretend, having to disguise many things, impatience and therefore hyperactivity increase and therefore I feel stressed, and sometimes it becomes complicated to even have a chat.” (W.R.)

Theme 3	Subtheme	Quotes
Unsupportiveness of formal/rigid work relationships	Difficulty dealing with an authoritarian leadership style	“It happened to me, especially at the beginning of my career when I had to rely on more competent colleagues, that it bothered me quite a bit when they were rigid and told me ‘You have to do things like this because they should be done like this!’: this bothers me quite a bit.” (P.C.)
	Negative judgment and lack of understanding	“I did not disclose the diagnosis at work because they would not understand it, they would not have the tools to understand how to manage something like that and I keep it hidden anyway. I'm quite open about other things but I prefer to keep this to myself because then in Italian ignorance (If I may use the term) is seen as a disorder of attention so I do not want to give this perception to the outside world, especially because I'm aiming for managerial roles.” (S.D.C.)
	Performance anxiety	“Some projects require immediate intervention: customers expect immediate action. These requests make me very tired as I have to give up everything I am doing, and I must solve that problem immediately but also well without errors.” (P.C.)
	Organizational rituals	“When, however, a bond with colleagues has not developed, moments of sociality are a burden because it involves having to pretend, having to disguise many things, impatience and therefore hyperactivity increase and therefore I feel stressed, and sometimes it becomes complicated to even have a chat.” (W.R.)

Source(s): Authors' own work