The Foundation for the Strategic Analysis and Development of SMEs is a private non-profit organization of a foundational established by the Universities of Cantabria, Murcia and Politecnica of Cartagena and the Governments of the Region of Murcia and Cantabria, through their Economic Councilors. The main objective to is create a space for collaboration in the economic and social areas of SMEs, both at a national and an international level, in order to jointly carry out activities and work of study, teaching and research, to facilitate and promote the exchange of information and knowledge, as well as mutual advice, and to develop those projects that are of common interest. Therefore, its goals are the Formation, Research, Development and Transfer of knowledge on SMEs at an international level.
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Labor Inclusion Practices in Colombian Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs)
Carlos Mario Muñoz-Maya (La Salle University, Bogotá, Colombia), María Teresa Ramírez-Garzón (La Salle University, Bogotá, Colombia),
Rafael Ignacio Pérez-Uribe (La Salle University, Colombia), Roberto Hernández-Sampieri (Celaya University, Mexico), and Olga Lucía Díaz-Villamizar (Militar University of New Granada, Colombia)
Copyright: © 2023
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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5216-5.ch001
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to identify the labor inclusion practices of Colombian micro and small enterprises (MSEs). Building a more fair and equal society requires an organizational culture and clear policies for labor inclusion. MSEs are organizations that can contribute to this purpose given their importance because they are the source of employment of more than 16 million Colombian people and generate 80% of the jobs in this country. Through descriptive research, and by applying a questionnaire to 78 MSEs from different sectors nationwide, it was possible to determine the labor inclusion practices followed by these organizations. It is mainly concluded that labor inclusion practices by the MSEs surveyed are not high. Of the 78 companies that participated in this study, which were selected from a non-random convenience sample, less than half (41%) have hired vulnerable people and have in their organizations between one and three collaborators in situation of vulnerability.