Overcoming Unemployment Issues among Person with Disability (PWDs) through Social Entrepreneurship.

Abstract

This paper focused on the unemployment of persons with disability (PWDs) and the contribution of social entrepreneurship that would help to reduce the social problem in Malaysia. This paper briefly reviews the main reasons of unemployment among PWDs and how to overcome the problems. One of the best ways to get PWDs involved in the working environment through the opportunity created by social entrepreneurship. This study also discusses on two theories; Psychodynamic Theory and Stakeholder Theory which explain about the PWDs and social entrepreneurship. The challenges face among PWDs has impacts on a wide range of socioeconomic outcomes, including labour market participation and economy. The main problem for PWDs is the difficulty in finding a job. This study reviews of several studies and discuss about the concept and various aspects of the PWDs and social entrepreneur. This study mainly relied on secondary data only. Therefore, this paper highlighted four main reasons of unemployment among PWD such as the prejudice from communities, the lack of employment opportunities, the internal factors of PWDs, and lack of education. In addition, this paper also recommends that these problems could be solved by the involvement of social entrepreneurship as a job creator; provide opportunities for PWDs to work with them. In addition, this review paper contributes to the knowledge on employment among PWDs and would assist increase their participation in the workforce.