Qualitative Research of Expected Organizational Citizenship Behaviors of Employees with High-functioning Autism from Managers Perspective

Abstract

In this paper, we clarify expected and unexpected organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) of people with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder in a workplace based on the perspective of managers who understand the limitations of the employees. The results of the interviews with six managers who manage the employees indicate that there are six expected concrete OCBs which relate to the following OCB dimensions: helping, compliance, sportsmanship, civic virtue, and courtesy. The results also indicate that there is one unexpected concrete OCB which relates to the compliance dimension due to the employeesʼ limitations.