Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
16th Annual General Assembly and Conference of the International Association of Maritime Universities, IAMU AGA 2015, Opatija, Hırvatistan, 7 - 10 Ekim 2015, ss.361-366
© 2020 Proceedings - 16th Annual General Assembly and Conference of the International Association of Maritime Universities, IAMU AGA 2015. All rights reserved.There is an increasing demand for tourism worldwide. Tourism in many developing and least developed countries is the most viable and sustainable economic development option, and in some countries, it is considered as the main source of foreign exchange earnings. Tourism is an important industry for Turkey and there is a huge potential for marine tourism in Turkey due to the fact that marine tourism comprises a significant and promising field of tourism and there is an increasing potential for marine tourism in Turkey. Hence, coastal and marine tourism can be a major source of growth and employment in Turkey. The number of marinas in Turkey had doubled during the past decade and yachting also became the main component of marine tourism industry. These developments have played a great role in increasing numbers of sailors employed in the yachts. Ideally, every yacht in operation would have an owner and a captain that continuously work in collaboration with each other. However, some unfavorable issues between these parties may occur including problems with a crew member, unexpected maintenance issues, scheduling of yard time, budgets, and other off duty issues. Since yacht master's workload increases dramatically in high season, wide range of psychosocial stressors on board can arise that may also lead to burnout syndrome. In the light of these, the purpose of this study is to investigate the burnout level of Turkish yacht masters with the conduction of emotional exhaustion (EE) of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) to assess the respective risks of job-related burnout level. The statistical analysis was carried out by using multiple methods within SPSS software in the study. It is expected that the results of the study provides certain outcomes and guidelines for related organizations dealing with yachting operations as well as suggestions for effective and efficient coordination among the relevant institutions.