Contribution of Entrepreneurship to the Social Integration of People Intellectual Disabilities: A Case Study Based on the Analysis of Social Networks

Virginia Barba-Sánchez; Yolanda Salinero; Pedro Jiménez-Estevez; Esteban Galindo

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.725060

Contribution of Entrepreneurship to the Social Integration of People Intellectual Disabilities: A Case Study Based on the Analysis of Social Networks

Front Psychol. 2021 Oct 12:12:725060. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.725060. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Virginia Barba-Sánchez¹, Yolanda Salinero², Pedro Jiménez-Estevez², Esteban Galindo³

Affiliations

¹ Business Administration Department, ESII, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain.
² Business Administration Department, Faculty of Legal and Social Science, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain.
³ CECAP, Ronda Buenavista, Toledo, Spain.

Abstract

In an environment characterized by high unemployment rates among people with disabilities, the objective of the present work is to analyze entrepreneurship as a labor option which fully inserts people with intellectual disabilities (PwID) into their societies. In order to carry out this research, a case study methodology based on social network analysis has been adopted, given the nature of the variables analyzed. The results indicate that the fact of having managed to start up the company has been an important source of self-confidence and inspiration, as well as increasing and intensifying the social networks of PwID involved in the entrepreneurial project.

Keywords: case study; entrepreneurship; intellectual disabilities; social integration; social networks.