"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Occupational Therapy Department, College of Allied Health and Nursing, Nova Southeastern University." Objective. The purpose of this study was to predict the length of employment (in months) from a common occupational profile as derived from the MBTI and WAIQ scores. This study employed the MBTI and the WAI instruments to gather information about subjects' personality types and temperament traits. These measures were used to predict length of employment for individuals with AS/HFA. Methods. A convenience sample of N=83 adults self -disclosed with AS/HFA completed the MBTI and WAI instruments. Backward Elimination Multiple Regression was used for data analysis. Results. A standard multiple regression analyses with average months on the job as the dependent variable and WAIQ, Gender (GND), age (AGE) and the subscales for the MBTI as the predictors was conducted. R for regression was significantly different from zero, F (7,75) = 8.20, p< .001. The statistically significant predictors were WAIQ (t = - 2.18, p < .05), GND (t=-3.14 p < .05), and AGE (t = 5.79, p < .001). A backward elimination model was conducted for the same predictors and dependent variable. After step 4, R = 0.65, F(4,78) = 14.17, p < .001. The statistically significant predictors were WAIQ (t = - 2.20, p < .05), GND (t=-3.40 p < .05), AGE (t = 6.39, p < .001), and SNS (t = -2.17, p < .05). A backward elimination model was also conducted on average months on the job (dependent variable) with the WAIQ and MBTI subscores as predictors. After step 7, with the remaining variables in the equation, R = 0.52, F(4,78) = 7.06, p < .001. The predictors that emerged statistically significant were Activity Raw score (t = - 2.76, p < .01), Sociability Raw score (t=1.70, p = .06), Assertiveness Raw score (t = -3.62, p < .01), and SNS (t = -2.17, p < .01). Conclusion. The data supports the identification of an Occupational Profile for adults with AS/HFA. The results support the development of interventions to assist individuals with AS/HFA in the workplace to potentially increase the likelihood of successful job performance as measured by length of employment.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T13:46:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Affonso Cardoso Aquiles_Dissertacao.pdf: 1474345 bytes, checksum: 47adc8d18291b5f803d1f1776aeb2602 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-23 / This essay discusses the effects of the restructuring of the telecommunications sector in Brazil on the socio-occupational and labor relations in the sector. This started from the assumption that the changes do not end with the privatization of telecommunications in 1998, but remained with intensity in the first decade of this century, redefining the profile of workers and labor relations. Using the experience of a mirror company of telecommunications, the Global Village Telecom (GVT), the research seeks to understand how mutations of the telephone industry as a whole are manifested in the reality of a carrier created after privatization. The survey results point to a redefinition of the socio-occupational profile of workers in the telecommunications industry in the first decade of this century. Note the formation of a younger workforce with higher education and predominantly male. Moreover, it shows a process of precarious employment in the sector as a whole, especially with the drop in average earnings over the last decade. The analysis of GVT's experience, in turn, points to the existence of a format hybrid management of the labor force, in which classical elements coexist, taylorism-fordism, and flexible in organizational structure of the company. Note the marked instability of a framework of labor relations, especially with low wages, even though most employees are hired under a formal status indefinitely. / Esta dissertação discute os efeitos do processo de reestruturação do setor de telecomunicações no Brasil sobre o perfil sócio-ocupacional e as relações de trabalho no setor. Partiu-se do pressuposto de que as transformações não se encerraram com a privatização das telecomunicações em 1998, mas permaneceram com intensidade na primeira década do século XXI, redefinindo o perfil dos trabalhadores e as relações de trabalho. Utilizando-se da experiência de uma empresa-espelho das telecomunicações, a Global Village Telecom (GVT), a pesquisa procura compreender de que forma as mutações do setor de telefonia em seu conjunto se manifestam na realidade de uma operadora criada após a privatização. Os resultados da pesquisa apontam para uma redefinição do perfil sócio-ocupacional dos trabalhadores do setor de telecomunicações na primeira década do século XXI. Nota-se a formação de uma força de trabalho mais jovem, com maior escolaridade e predominantemente masculina. Além disso, evidencia-se um processo de precarização do trabalho no setor em seu conjunto, sobretudo com a queda na remuneração média na última década. A análise da experiência da GVT, por sua vez, aponta para a existência de um formato híbrido de gestão da força do trabalho, no qual convivem elementos clássicos, do taylorismo-fordismo, e flexíveis na estrutura organizacional da companhia. Nota-se um quadro de precarização das relações de trabalho, sobretudo com os baixos salários, ainda que a maior parte dos empregados seja contratada sob estatuto formal por tempo indeterminado.