Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Málaga, Campus El Ejido s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain.
Faculty of Social and Labour Studies, University of Málaga, Avenida Francisco Trujillo Villanueva, nº 1, 29170 Málaga, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 27;18(15):7932. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18157932.
The situation of labour inclusion of people with disabilities in Spain is still too negative, in spite of the different efforts carried out by public and private sector. Previous research points to social discrimination as one of the main causes of the situation. Ilunion Hotels is one of the most important hotel companies in Spain focused on labour inclusion of people with disabilities. The objective of this paper is to explore the social inclusion case of Ilunion Hotels of the Costa del Sol, the actions that they have developed to improve the labour integration of this collective, based on a behavioral economics theoretical model (with a high relevance of the influence of social stigma, stress theories and coping to stress responses). We look into the specific situation of two of the three hotels developed as Special Employment Centres (sheltered employment contexts defined by Spanish legislation) and the possible impact of their Support Units for Professional Activity. Case study methodology is considered the most appropriate, according to the research objective, supported by semi-structured interviews with the hotel managers. The results show that, although Special Employment Centres are effective in improving labour integration in the short term and could contribute to change the long-term social perspectives about workers with disabilities, they could be also reinforcing the social stigma existing in the ordinary market.
尽管公共和私营部门都做出了不同的努力，但西班牙残疾人融入劳动力市场的情况仍然不容乐观。先前的研究表明，社会歧视是造成这种情况的主要原因之一。Ilunion Hotels 是西班牙最重要的酒店公司之一，专注于残疾人的劳动包容。本文的目的是探讨 Ilunion Hotels 位于太阳海岸的社会包容案例，以及他们为改善这一群体的劳动融合而开展的行动，这些行动基于行为经济学理论模型（社会耻辱感、压力理论和应对压力反应的影响具有很高的相关性）。我们研究了作为特殊就业中心（西班牙立法定义的庇护性就业环境）开发的三个酒店中的两个的具体情况，以及他们的专业活动支持单位的可能影响。根据研究目标，案例研究方法被认为是最合适的，方法是对酒店经理进行半结构化访谈。研究结果表明，尽管特殊就业中心在短期内有效地促进了劳动融合，并且可能有助于改变人们对残疾工人的长期社会观点，但它们也可能加剧普通市场中存在的社会耻辱感。
