1st Edition

Managing Human Resources in the Shipping Industry

Edited By Jiangang Fei Copyright 2018
218 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Each industry faces unique human resource management challenges and opportunities and in shipping these include a global labour market and global unionism, long periods spent at sea, and health and safety issues resulting from a variety of risks. This book explores all the key aspects of human resource management in the shipping industry and how they specifically relate to the shipping workforce.... Read more

Chapter 1: The Workforce and the Labour Market - Heather McLaughlin & Colm Fearon, Chapter 2: Recruitment and the Image of the Shipping Industry - Livingstone Divine Caesar & Jiangang Fei, Chapter 3: Standardisation of Seafarer Training and Skills Formation - Victor Gekara & Syamantak Bhattacharya, Chapter 4: Reward Management and Performance Appraisal - Gholam Reza EMAD, Chapter 5: Industrial Relations and International Conventions - Wei Zhang, Chapter 6: Employee Health and Wellbeing - Hossein Enshaei, Chapter 7: Work-life Balance - Livingstone Divine Caesar & Jiangang Fei, Chapter 8: Workforce Mobility, Career Pathways, and Employee Retention - Jiangang Fei & Livingstone Divine Caesar, Chapter 9: The Role of Human Element in Risk and Crisis Management - Vinh V. Thai, Chapter 10: Knowledge Management in the Shipping Industry - Jiangang Fei & Livingstone Divine Caesar

Biography

Jiangang Fei is currently teaching in the Department of Maritime and Logistics of the National Centre for Ports and Shipping at Australian Maritime College, an institute of the University of Tasmania.