As more workers with disabilities are competitively employed, there are numerous
opportunities to form social relationships with their co‐workers. Close social relationships …

Although social skills have long been recognized as essential in promoting employees'
employability (eg, maintaining employment), there has been little research about work …

Current estimates suggest that between one and three percent of people living in the United
States will receive a diagnosis of mental retardation. Mental retardation, a condition …

Few studies have evaluated interventions to improve the job‐related social skills of adults
with autism spectrum disorder. In this study, we examined the efficacy of a treatment …

Any sociolinguistic analysis of the needs of language learners will place socio-pragmatic
skills high on the list. From a sociolinguistic perspective, learners need to be able to manage …

The issue of workplace discrimination resulting from disability has not received nearly as
much attention in the psychological literature as other forms of discrimination. There are …

It is commonly assumed that communication in the workplace is primarily transactional talk,
that is, task-oriented interaction focusing on information exchange. The research of the …

The “spillover” hypothesis states that job satisfaction, or dissatisfaction, influences life
satisfaction. The present study sought to test this hypothesis with workers with an intellectual …

This study examined the job performance of adolescents with emotional and behavioral
disorders (E/BD). Adolescent employees with E/BD (n= 47) and their immediate supervisors …

Interpersonal workplace interaction provides many challenges for workers with intellectual
disabilities. While these workers are generally able to handle well the tasks required of them …