Psychological characteristics analysis that define a disabled entrepreneur

Abstract

This paper focuses on the study of people with physical or sensory disabilities who decide to start a business. The research question is to identify the psychological traits that characterize these people and to know what intangibles guide them towards the entrepreneurship. It has been chosen qualitative research to identify and describe their profile, in which 15 in-depth interviews have been executed with critical informants people related to the subject of study. The results show that these people have a reasonably defined psychological profile. Firstly, there have internal characteristics, that can sometimes be innate, such as self-esteem or self-confidence, internal security, adaptability or optimism. Secondly, there have interpersonal traits, oriented towards the entrepreneurship, such as initiative, empathy or leadership.