Neurodiversity Awareness and Practices in Organizations: A Scale Adaptation Study

Abstract

Neurodiversity has gained increasing importance in organizations, particularly within diversity and inclusion, talent management, and human resource management practices. However, in Türkiye, valid and reliable instruments suitable for quantitative research on organizational neurodiversity remain limited. Accordingly, this study aims to adapt the Neurodiversity Awareness Scale and the Neurodiversity Practices Scale into Turkish and examine their psychometric properties. The research was conducted in two stages. First, exploratory factor analysis was performed with undergraduate students. Second, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted with an independent sample of human resource managers. The findings supported the unidimensional structure of both scales and indicated satisfactory psychometric properties in terms of internal consistency, composite reliability, and convergent validity. Neurodiversity awareness also positively and significantly predicted neurodiversity practices. Overall, the Turkish versions of these scales offer valid and reliable tools for quantitative research and contribute to addressing a gap in the Turkish literature on organizational neurodiversity.

Keywords

• Neurodiversity Awareness
• Neurodiversity Practices
• Scale Adaptation

ÖRGÜTLERDE NÖROÇEŞİTLİLİK FARKINDALIĞI VE UYGULAMALARI: ÖLÇEK UYARLAMA ÇALIŞMASI

Abstract

Nöroçeşitlilik, örgütlerde çeşitlilik ve kapsayıcılık, yetenek yönetimi ve insan kaynakları uygulamaları bağlamında giderek önem kazanmaktadır. Bununla birlikte Türkiye bağlamında, nicel araştırmalarda kullanılabilecek geçerli ve güvenilir ölçüm araçlarının sınırlı olduğu görülmektedir. Bu doğrultuda çalışmanın amacı, Nöroçeşitlilik Farkındalığı Ölçeği ile Nöroçeşitlilik Uygulamaları Ölçeği’ni Türkçeye uyarlamak ve bu ölçeklerin psikometrik özelliklerini incelemektir. Araştırma iki aşamada yürütülmüştür. İlk aşamada, lisans öğrencilerinden oluşan çalışma grubunda açımlayıcı faktör analizi; ikinci aşamada ise insan kaynakları yöneticilerinden oluşan bağımsız çalışma grubunda doğrulayıcı faktör analizi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular, her iki ölçüm aracının da tek boyutlu yapısını desteklediğini ve ölçeklerin iç tutarlılık, bileşik güvenirlik ve yakınsak geçerlik açısından yeterli düzeyde psikometrik özellikler sergilediğini göstermektedir. Ayrıca nöroçeşitlilik farkındalığının nöroçeşitlilik uygulamalarını pozitif ve anlamlı biçimde yordadığı tespit edilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular doğrultusunda, ölçüm araçlarının Türkçe formlarının Türkiye’de örgütsel nöroçeşitlilik alanındaki nicel araştırmalarda kullanılabilecek geçerli ve güvenilir ölçme araçları olduğu söylenebilir. Bu yönüyle çalışmanın, Türkiye bağlamındaki boşluğun giderilmesine katkı sağlayacağı ifade edilebilir.

Keywords

• Nöroçeşitlilik Farkındalığı
• Nöroçeşitlilik Uygulamaları
• Ölçek Uyarlama

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