Access to online business opportunities: Enhancing digital technology capacity for women with disabilities in the Red River Delta of Vietnam

Heliyon. 2024 Jun 5;10(11):e32473. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32473. eCollection 2024 Jun 15.

Abstract

This study investigates the digital technology capacity of women with disabilities and the impact of access to digital business opportunities on their entrepreneurial satisfaction. A sample of 50 women with disabilities in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam provided 35 valid responses, which were analyzed using Exploratory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling. The results showed that five key factors, including course relevance, course expectancy, instructor quality, learning outcomes, and course satisfaction, accounted for 78.39 % of the variance in the data. The proposed model explained 61.3 % of the amount of variation and the study's findings supported the predicted relationships among the factors, except for two hypotheses. H1, which postulated a positive relationship between course relevance and instructor quality, and H5, which predicted a positive relationship between learning outcomes and course satisfaction. Possible reasons for these non-significant relationships were discussed, highlighting the need for further research in these areas. The findings contribute to our understanding of the factors that affect the digital technology capacity of women with disabilities and their satisfaction with digital business opportunities.

Keywords: Digital competencies; Disabilities; Entrepreneurial satisfaction; Online business; Women.