This special issue explores how neurodiversity and gender intersect in workplace settings. Neurodivergent individuals possess valuable cognitive strengths but face significant employment challenges including high unemployment, discrimination, and limited career advancement, often due to neurotypical workplace norms.
Gender compounds these challenges, as neurodivergent women and gender-diverse individuals navigate both ableist expectations and societal gender norms. Diagnostic criteria biased toward male presentation result in underdiagnosis for other genders. Despite growing awareness of neurodiversity, organizational research remains limited, particularly regarding intersections with diverse gender identities.
The special issue invites empirical, conceptual, and practice-based research applying organizational theories to understand neurodivergent workers' experiences. It welcomes unconventional methodologies, interdisciplinary collaborations, and submissions from neurodivergent scholars, aiming to generate insights beneficial to both organizational practice and scholarship.