Socio-cultural diagnosis of segregation workers at “La Paragüita” landfi ll, Juan José Mora municipality, Carabobo state

Abstract

In order to recognize the socio-cultural characteristics of the segregationists who develop activities in the “La Paragüita” Landfi ll, municipality Juan José Mora, state of Carabobo, a fi eld evaluation was conducted identifying and comparing the process of grouping and leadership of the population based on the aspects proposed by Secor and Backman (cited by López.2007 ), related to social psychology, where it is stated that the infl uence is linked to the relationship that exists between two or more groups, was defi ned in social activity, the regularity in the feelings, thoughts and predispositions of the individual to act in relation to some aspect
of their environment. The structure of society in which the relationship occurs, the links of possible infl uence on social organization, and the interaction of psychological processes were recognized. For the development of the research, data collection techniques based on surveys and direct observation were used, carried out in the area of work and coexistence of the group, which made it
possible to recognize, as a result of the evaluation of the instruments applied, the social behavior, the capacity to obtain economic resources, habits, infl uences, characteristics of leadership and social power, with the purpose of distinguishing the socio-cultural entity from other existing social structures and to prioritize the possible actions to be executed in attention to the improvement of the quality of life of the group investigated.