The purpose of this study is to analyze the main discussions on entrepreneurship for PWDs in Korea using the Socio-Ecological Model of Disability Entrepreneurship (SEMDE) and to provide stakeholders, including government officials, private partners, and entrepreneurs with disabilities, with a comprehensive historical and theoretical context. By systematically reviewing 34 papers published from 2002 to 2024, this study synthesizes existing academic discourse, identifies major research gaps, and discovers future research tasks in the field of entrepreneurship for PWDs. We analyzed 34 published articles with SEMDE layers (Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Organizational, Community and Public policy) to better understand major discussions and research opportunities. The findings, most of the research focused on public policy (20 articles), followed by organizational factors (7 items), intrapersonal factors (4 items), interpersonal factors (2 items), and community factors (1 item). This uneven distribution highlights the lack of balanced attention to the wider ecosystem. The results of this study emphasize the need for a greater academic focus on community and interpersonal factors. Most of the research focused on the narrow definition of entrepreneurship policies, self-employment support, and success factors. Yet, the proliferation of disabled businesses requires diversified, connected each factor in society, and numbered disability research. Korea needs more attention to inclusive entrepreneurship policies for the disabled that embrace diversified notion of disabilities, rather than the concept of care, vocational rehabilitation on medical models, and to establish entrepreneurship ecosystems and professional communities.

Authors:
Youngjoon Kim, Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Technologies, South Korea
Jinhee Choi, Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Technologies, South Korea
Arash Golnam, Franklin University Switzerland, Switzerland

About the Presenter(s)
Mr YOUNGJOON KIM is a University Doctoral Student at a Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Technologies(aSSIST) in South Korea

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