Page No.387-397
G. Sarvani and MVR Raju
Andhra university, Visakhapatnam
The present research was an endeavor to evaluate the impact of privatization on the
mental health of Rashtriaya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) employees in Visakhapatnam.
The study was conducted to identify the impact of various demographical variables on
the privatization of Rashtriaya Ispat Nigam Limited’s Mental Health. The location for
the study was restricted to Rashtriaya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) in Visakhapatnam.
The total sample size was comprised of 96 employees who were selected by using
convenient sampling. Our Research design was Quantitative data. The analysis was
conducted through SPSS(Statistical package for the Social Science). Results showed
that Demographic variables (Age, Educational Qualification, Annual Income, and
Designation) have significance in various dimensions of mental health such as Positive
Self-evaluation, Perception of Reality, Integration of Personality, Group-oriented attitudes,
and Environmental Mastery. Research found that due to the privatization of the Steel
Plant above 46 age group and above 11 lakhs annual income group employees have a
high mental illness. Moreover, Executive employees have more mental illness than
non-executive employees. Multiple regression analysis results show that due to the
privatization of the Steel Plant, those above 46 age group and post-graduates are at
greater risk for mental health issues than those remaining employees in Rashtriaya
Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) Visakhapatnam