Professional Adjustment Variables Onboard the Seagoing Ships

Abstract

The professional activity carried in the maritime sector requires not only a broadly educated and intensively trained human resources, but also a very strong psychosocial profile on individual and crew level, for onboard team members, for the sake of economic efficiency and effectiveness of transportation services. In this complex environment, the paperwork is depicting a statistical study on the major factors influencing the professional adjustment and adaptation variables to be considered on a professional level for seagoing personnel as following: the "human factor", the "working conditions onboard" and "cultural diversity". Using a questionnaire applied on 58 subjects, men and women gender seafarers, the authors had carrier a statistical analysis of the chosen item impact on both genders, reflecting the major differences, in any, in between. Conclusions have shown that both genders will perform properly onboard, with no significant difference, but assuming the assigned onboard role in the team, transcending from an individual perception to the collective rationales and imperatives. The present research has been carried out by the authors within MENTORESS project - Maritime Education Network to Orient and Retain Women for Efficient Seagoing Services.