Enhancement of Seafarer Loyalty to the Company in Different Countries

Abstract

Although global economic crisis, rising competition among shipowners forces them to have vessels and fit the vessels with qualified seafarers.From the view point of shipowners and managers, the problem is recruiting and employing competent seafarers and keeping them employed by the same company regularly. Seafarers work at the shipping company during a contract term and they have chance to change the company upon completion of the contract. However, flexible wage scales and competition between companies make it difficult to recruit qualified crew members and maintain their loyalty for the company. The main focus of this paper is to search for the methods to improve seafarer recruitment and employment practices in order to manage seafarer's loyalty for the company consistently. This study also aims to investigate shipping and ship management firms' viewpoints on seafarer related problems at their countries. The study will focus on 5 developing maritime countries such as Turkey, Ukraine, India and Philipines. To provide the approaches of the shipping companies in terms of seafarer recruitment and promotion related problems, a questionnaire has been applied to crew managers of shipping companies and/or crew recruitment managers of manning companies. The paper concludes with proposals on certain convenient alternative(s) for shipping and manning firms on future decisions in the light of the research. Global ekonomik krize ragmen, gemi sahipleri aras?nda artan rekabet, onlar? gemi almaya ve bu gemileri kalifiye gemi personeli ile donatmaya zorlamaktad?r. Gemi sahipleri ve isletmeciler a??s?ndan bak?ld?g?nda, ana sorun uygun gemi adamlar?n? temin etmek ve kalifiye personele is vererek onlar?n ayn? kurumda d?zenli olarak g?rev yapmas?n? saglamakt?r. Gemiadamlar? bir sirkette bir kontrat d?nemi boyunca ?al?s?r ve kontrat s?resinin dolmas?na m?takip baska bir sirket ile anlasma sans?na sahip olurlar. Bununla birlikte degisen maas skalalar? ve sirketler aras?ndaki rekabet; kalifiye personeli temin etmeyi ve onlar?n sirkete olan bagl?l?klar?n? korumay? zorlast?rmaktad?r. Bu ?al?sman?n ana odak noktas?, gemiadamlar?n?n teminini gelistirmek ve onlar?n ?al?st?klar? kuruma olan bagl?l?klar?n? d?zenli k?lmak i?in gerekli uygulamalar? incelemektir. Ayn? zamanda s?z konusu ?al?sma, farkl? ?lkelerdeki farkl? denizcilik ve isletmecilik firmalar?n?n personele iliskin sorunlara olan bak?s a??lar?n? da arast?rmaktad?r. Bu kapsamda ?al?sma; T?rkiye, Ukrayna, Hindistan ve Filipinler gibi gelismekte olan bes denizcilik ?lkesine odaklanmaktad?r. Arast?rman?n amac?na y?nelik olarak, denizcilik sirketlerinin personel temini ve terfilerine iliskin sorunlarla ilgili yaklas?mlar?n? belirlemek amac?yla, sirketlerin personel y?neticilerine/m?d?rlerine bir anket uygulanm?st?r.?al?sma, denizcilik sirketleri ve isletmecilerine ?esitli alternatiflere uygun ?neriler ile sonu?land?rlm?st?r

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