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Neurodivergent Team Mental Model

Neurodiversity is any type of cognitive processing or a way of making sense of the world that deviates from “typical” ways of thinking and being. The neurodivergent community includes, ie, individuals with autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, or Tourette’s syndrome. Some of them can work successfully, while others face problems with finding and keeping employment, including teamwork. The project objectives are: 1) Identification of the key challenges and advantages of working in neurdivergent teams. 2) Identification of the components of the Neurodivergent Team Mental Model (NTMM), along with their determinants. 3) Development of the Neurodivergent Team Mental Model (NTMM) theoretical framework. Research activities are planned based on qualitative methods triangulation. First, semi-structured interviews with business professionals from the field (i.a. job trainers, HR officers, D&I officers, neurodivergent team leaders, and neurodivergent team members) aimed to uncover and examine the determinants influencing the Neurodivergent Team Mental Model. Second, open-ended computer-assisted web interview (CAWI) research on neurodivergent teams (that is, at least two or more people working together on a daily basis and at least one person among them self-identifies as neurodivergent or holds a diagnosis) will be conducted to analyze the congruence of the mental model of the team. That is, to what extent individual members of neurodivergent teams perceive similar components and determinants of their neurodivergent team mental model. Next, an in-depth exploratory study will be carried out, subjected to selected neurodivergent teams. The research sample will include neurodivergent teams that are characterized by a high level of congruence in perceiving the components and determinants of the neurodivergent team mental model. As part of the last stage of the project, based on the research material obtained during the earlier phases of the research, the Neurodivergent Team Mental Model (NTMM) will be elaborated.

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Project's acronym:
NTMM
Financial Program Name:
OPUS
Organization:
Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN) (National Science Centre)
Agreement:
UMO-2023/51/B/HS4/00148 z dnia 2024-07-15
Realisation period:
unknown - unknown
Project manager:
dr hab. Michał Tomasz Tomczak
Realised in:
Department of Entrepreneurship and Business Law
Request type:
National Research Programmes
Domestic:
Domestic project
Verified by:
Gdańsk University of Technology

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