Investigating solutions to the employment issues of people with disabilities: Focusing on social entrepreneurship

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K01724
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 07080:Business administration-related
• Research Institution: Chuo University
• Principal Investigator: Hirasawa Tetsu 中央大学, 商学部, 教授 (70610963)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 社会的企業 / 障害者 / 就労問題 / 定性的研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to investigate the creation and implementation of a new approach of social entrepreneurship through field research. I also aimed to academically explore the employment issues of people with disabilities and to derive practical suggestions to help solve these problems. As a result of this research, I identifed characteristics of hybrid organizations that enabled them to simultaneously fulfill two roles that are difficult to reconcile, namely business and welfare, and to expand our understanding of the social-material objects that can promote social inclusion. Research findings were reported at a workshop run by Organization Studies and at the Academy of Management's annual meeting.

Free Research Field

経営学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、公共政策や社会福祉サービスなどの従来のアプローチと異なり、社会的企業という新しいアプローチから障害者就労の課題解決についての独自な知見を明らかにしています。また、多くの先行研究において用いられてきたサーベイ調査と異なり、長期にわたるフィールド調査を実施し、当事者の立場から現在の問題とその背景を理解し、さらに、課題解決の方法を探求している点に本研究の独自性・創造性があります。