Perceptions of the post-conflict and the peace accords in Colombia by businessmen in the city of Cúcuta

Abstract

Perception that Social Representation of businessmen of Cúcuta city has regarding the post-conflict situation and peace agreements made in Colombia is presented, from perspective of attitudes and aspirations of the company. The following research developed presents a mixed approach, interviews were conducted with entrepreneurs from different sectors of Cúcuta, selected at random, and size of sample was determined under criterion of saturation; throughout the interview, three relational levels are taken into account: the communicative contract, verbal interaction and social universe of reference. For data processing, the Atlas-ti program was used, which made it possible to obtain graphical representation of perceptions and allow the coding of results; in the same way, SPSS was used to obtain the frequency of code repetition. Results cover both attitudinal aspects and aspirations of entrepreneurs, showing that they maintain a diverse position, but prevailing in acceptance, with the perception of being humble and common people; and although there is not total agreement in some opinions, there is a shared and positive perception of peace process and post-conflict.