Description of variables impacting successful and unsuccessful cases of social integration involving co-workers

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between 10 pairs of supported employees who had been involved in co-worker interventions and were judged to be either successfully or unsuccessfully integrated into work settings. This study was part of a larger national survey study designed to examine the variables that predict successful social integration efforts. The results from this study revealed that of the five categories of variables that could have had an impact on social integration (i.e., Agency, Supported Employee, Service Provider, Workplace, and interventions), only Workplace Characteristics and Interventions differentiated the two groups.