HR Practices Post 2011 amongst Artisanal Subsistence Marine Fishermen towards National Security

Abstract

The artisanal subsistence marine fishermen are engaged by mechanized fishing craft owners on wage/ remuneration based in cash/ kind type of informal employment. This sector lacks sustainable livelihood and social security protection. India being a socialist democracy is committed to provide social, economic and human security to her citizens. The researcher has referred multi-dimensional components of human security as per hierarchy of Maslow s Deficiency needs as Compressive National Security. The prime objective of this study was to test suggested model linking five constructs namely HR practices, Social Acceptance, Empowerment, Sense of National Bonding and Comprehensive National Security. The marine fishermen from nine coastal states of India were considered as target population of this study. The mean Method was adopted to determine 520 sample size for this study. The researcher has identified marine fishermen from Chellanenthal (Tamil Nadu), Kharinasi (Odisha) and Patharpratima (West Bengal) fishing villages by stratified proportionate sampling technique as accessible population for this study. The study on marine fishermen, who work on trawler type mechanized fishing boats for livelihood was confined to the period from 2012 to early 2020. The researcher has adopted quantitative deductive approach by employing IBM SPSS version 21.0 for statistical analysis of primary data to draw results. The researcher has confirmed normality of parametric statistics using the criteria suggested by George and Mallery. During diminutive component of qualitative analysis in inductive approach, Modified Classic Delphi Technique and Grounded Theory were employed for data collected from five community leaders of marine fishermen. The qualitative study supplemented and further validated results of quantitative study. The researcher has tested hypotheses by employing Structural Equation Modeling using AMOS version 20 and One-way ANOVA.