A Study on Working and Living Conditions of Turkish Seafarers

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Tezcan Ö., Kan E., Atik O.

JOURNAL OF ETA MARITIME SCIENCE, cilt.8, sa.1, ss.22-37, 2020 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 8 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5505/jems.2020.28290
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ETA MARITIME SCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.22-37
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Seafarer, Maritime Labour Convention, Working and Living Conditions, Human Resource Management, MARITIME LABOR CONVENTION, ILOS
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In order to increase the number of well-qualified and well experienced seafarers on ships and their employment periods, as well as providing the desired safety at work, improving/promoting the working conditions on ships, is of utmost significance. The purpose of this study is to reveal to what extent working conditions for Turkish seafarers who work on commercial ships comply with the terms of MLC (Maritime Labour Convention). For this aim, a questionnaire, an instrument of quantitative research method, was issued and conducted through 296 seafarers working on the ships owned by Turkish shipowners. The results of the comparative analysis reveal that the working condition on Turkish-owned ships is moderately compliant with the terms of MLC.