Careers at Sea: Exploring Seafarer Motivations and Aspirations

Baum-Talmor, Polina

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49825-2_5

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“…Despite this challenge, many people commonly continue to spend the rest of their lives living and working. This lifetime employment may last the whole of a person's employment, although it usually does not follow the standard trajectory that characterizes a career (Baum-Talmor, 2021). Table 2 presents summary on professional commitment.…”

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Professional commitment, personal productivity and quality of work life among employees of maritime higher education institutions

Vizco

2023

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This study assessed the professional commitment, determining the personal productivity, and assessing the quality of work life among employees which will serve as the basis for management development plan. It revealed that majority of the respondents were male faculty members, married, aged 51-60, with Bachelor's Degree, and has 1-5 years of service. In terms of professional commitment, respondents strongly agreed in terms of commitment to teaching profession/ admin position, while they agreed on the professional commitment in terms of commitment to teaching/ admin position and commitment to work team. Aside from this, the participants strongly agreed on group/team dynamics and management, while they generally agreed on compensation, motivational techniques, and work environment in terms of personal productivity of faculty members and admin personnel. On the quality of work life per se, most of the respondents strongly agreed in terms of administrative support and career assistance, relations with colleagues and embracement of school, decent and fair wages and benefits, healthy work environment, and opportunities at work. There was significant difference on Commitment to Teaching/ Admin Position when grouped according to sex since male are more committed than female; significant difference on motivational techniques and management when grouped according to designation were observed; lastly, results vary on Administrative Support and Career assistance, Relations with colleagues and embracement of school and Decent and fair wages and benefits. Moreover, there is a highly significant relationship among professional commitment, personal productivity and quality of work life.Lastly, an employee development plan was proposed to strengthen the professional commitment, personal productivity, and quality of work life among employees of Maritime Higher Education Institutions (MHEIs).

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Professional commitment, personal productivity and quality of work life among employees of maritime higher education institutions

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2023

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“…There are those who stay in the job and there are those who leave and quit. According to several studies, seafarers from nations such as the Philippines, the United Kingdom, Ecuador, and Taiwan chose sailing because of the 'excellent pay' (Talmor, 2020). Filipinos are frequently driven into the seafaring sector due to a lack of alternative career options ashore.…”

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Seafarers’ attitude and cultural adaptation influencing the work motivation during the time of pandemic

Rayos¹,

Borbon²

2022

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Seafarers' jobs and living onboard as well as their mental health have been affected by the pandemic. These are indeed characteristics that may have a positive impact on seafarers, preventing them from quitting their jobs onboard. But, it is believed that on the other hand, there may also be influencing factors that make other seafarers remain still and firm in the performance of their work. The study aimed to determine attitude and cultural adaptation influencing the seafarers' work motivation of the seafarers in cruise line vessel such as attitude towards work environment as to the physical setting, emotional setting and social setting, culture adaptation in terms of communication skills and interpersonal relationship and work motivation in terms of the reward system and welfare and opportunity. Correlational design was applied to determine the relationship between the respondents' demographic characteristics and their attitude and culture adaptation and if attitude and culture adaptation influence their motivation to stay on their work. The participants in the study were 385 seafarers who work in the sections on food and beverage, housekeeping, hotel administration, and deck and engine department. Most of the respondents are 26 -41 years old and married, male-dominated, and working onboard for more than 10 years. They often observed work attitudes towards work environment, cultural adaptation, through communication skills and interpersonal relationships, and they are often motivated by reward system and welfare and opportunity. It is implied that competitive salaries, a comfortable workplace environment, a reward system, and welfare and opportunity for career progression may motivate the seafarers to stay on their job. Also, training on crisis management may help prepare future seafarers to be ready to adapt to life onboard ships.

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Perceived concerns, impacts, and adaptations of Vietnamese seafarers during the crew change crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Nguyen,

Dinh,

Tran

et al. 2023

WMU J Marit Affairs

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Careers at Sea: Exploring Seafarer Motivations and Aspirations

Cited by 10 publications

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Professional commitment, personal productivity and quality of work life among employees of maritime higher education institutions

Professional commitment, personal productivity and quality of work life among employees of maritime higher education institutions

Seafarers’ attitude and cultural adaptation influencing the work motivation during the time of pandemic

Perceived concerns, impacts, and adaptations of Vietnamese seafarers during the crew change crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic

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