Investigating the success factors of e-entrepreneurship from the perspective of physically disabled entrepreneurs

Subject Areas : Management

hamidreza vasheghani farahani ¹ , Mohammadreza kabaranzadghadim ² , Abdollah kouloubandi ³

1 - Department of Entrepreneurship Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Industrial Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Industrial Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2022-07-27 Accepted : 2022-09-13 Published : 2023-06-22

Keywords: entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurs, disabled, Electronic Entrepreneurship, Physical-Motor,

Abstract :

Physically disabled people prefer entrepreneurship to working for other individuals and organizations; so that the rate of entrepreneurship among them is higher than healthy people. Entrepreneurship brings personal, social, financial and, most importantly, permanent employment benefits to people with disabilities. This study aimed to investigate the success factors of e-entrepreneurship from the perspective of entrepreneurs with physical disabilities . This research is an applied study that has been done in a descriptive-survey manner. The statistical population of this study was all entrepreneurs with physical disabilities in Markazi province. The number of them was 50 based on the obtained statistics and they were selected by counting method and a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 9 dimensions and 29 questions was distributed among them. Partial least squares technique using Smart PLS software was used to test the hypotheses. According to the results obtained from the view of entrepreneurs with physical disabilities in Markazi province, flexible organizational structure, social value, participatory management, personal motivation, personal skills, business knowledge and physical conditions of successful e-commerce establishment are . The proposed model can make the best use of the potential and actual capacity of the elements proposed in the e-entrepreneurship system for the physically disabled.