Motivations to participate in the protests against corruption in 2015 in Guatemala
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https://doi.org/10.57247/riec.vi5.84Keywords:
social protest, , intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, university studentsAbstract
the 2015 protests in Guatemala remain a historical milestone that contributed to changing the political landscape of the country and the departure of political figures accused of acts of corruption. In these protests there was a strong participation of various sectors of the population, including Sancarlist students. The objective of this article is to describe the motivations for participating or not participating in the demonstrations against corruption that year. For this, students with a pensum closing at the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences of the University of San Carlos of Guatemala participated. The research had a qualitative approach with a descriptive and cross-sectional scope. The results show the intrinsic motivations of the participants, related to citizen outrage and other emotions experienced at the moment, as well as the extrinsic motivations, mainly associated with the search for immediate results and other more 'superficial' reasons. In the case of non-participants, there are concerns for their physical and emotional integrity, conflicts with work schedules, as well as intrinsic motivations for absenteeism, related to personal convictions and political beliefs.
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