Entrepreneurs with disability: Australian insights through a social ecology lens

Darcy, S; Collins, J; Stronach, M

Entrepreneurs with disability: Australian insights through a social ecology lens

Darcy, S

Collins, J

Stronach, M

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Publisher:: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Small Enterprise Research, 2023, 30, (1), pp. 24-48
Issue Date:: 2023-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Darcy, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-2566
dc.contributor.author	Collins, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4216-9245
dc.contributor.author	Stronach, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5045-409X
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-04T21:26:49Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-04T21:26:49Z
dc.date.issued	2023-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Small Enterprise Research, 2023, 30, (1), pp. 24-48
dc.identifier.issn	1321-5906
dc.identifier.issn	1175-0979
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/176085
dc.description.abstract	The study of people with disability who become entrepreneurs has been a neglected field of research but with a developing body of knowledge from different countries around the world over the last two decades. This paper aims to contribute to that body of knowledge through examining the journeys of entrepreneurs with disability (EwD) in Australia. It does so through a theoretical framework guided by the minority entrepreneurship literature, their lived experiences through social model understandings of disability and a social ecology framework. The research design involved interviews with 60 EwD with the findings examining their motivations, barriers, enablers, outcomes and benefits. The discussion examines the social, economic and cultural embeddedness of EwD’s journey, the paradox of their higher rates of entrepreneurship than the nondisabled and the entrepreneurial ecosystem. We conclude by outlining the contribution this study makes to disability entrepreneurship through the complexity revealed by the social ecological framework.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Small Enterprise Research
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/13215906.2022.2092888
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1502 Banking, Finance and Investment, 1503 Business and Management, 1505 Marketing
dc.subject.classification	3506 Marketing
dc.subject.classification	3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
dc.title	Entrepreneurs with disability: Australian insights through a social ecology lens
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Centre for Health Technologies (CHT)
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dc.date.updated	2024-03-04T21:26:47Z
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Abstract:

The study of people with disability who become entrepreneurs has been a neglected field of research but with a developing body of knowledge from different countries around the world over the last two decades. This paper aims to contribute to that body of knowledge through examining the journeys of entrepreneurs with disability (EwD) in Australia. It does so through a theoretical framework guided by the minority entrepreneurship literature, their lived experiences through social model understandings of disability and a social ecology framework. The research design involved interviews with 60 EwD with the findings examining their motivations, barriers, enablers, outcomes and benefits. The discussion examines the social, economic and cultural embeddedness of EwD’s journey, the paradox of their higher rates of entrepreneurship than the nondisabled and the entrepreneurial ecosystem. We conclude by outlining the contribution this study makes to disability entrepreneurship through the complexity revealed by the social ecological framework.

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