Condiciones de trabajo de inmigrantes venezolanos autoempleados en la zona urbana de Cuenca

Abstract

Social psychology is a discipline that seeks to understand the nature and causes of human behavior or behavior, in various social situations, as in the case of the phenomenon of immigration. The objective of this research was to explore the working conditions of self-employed Venezuelan immigrants in the urban area of Cuenca. For which a quantitative approach of transversal exploratory nature was used; the information was obtained through the application of a survey that explored the labor history, characteristics of self-employment or entrepreneurship, access to credit and access to education in Cuenca. The participatory observation technique was used in a complementary manner. Participants were 30 Venezuelan self-employed immigrants identified in the urban area of Cuenca, El Batán parish, aged 18 years and older. The main findings show that most men are the heads of the household and that their immigrant status leads them to become self-employed for subsistence, it was also found that their ventures or businesses have no relation to their experience or academic training. Another relevant result is that, for the most part, the participants work an excessive number of hours and with a lower economic income, among other inadequate working conditions such as lack of access to social security and productive credit.