Managing culturally diverse maritime human resources as a shipping company’s core competency

Progoulaki, Maria; Theotokas, Ioannis

doi:10.1080/03088839.2016.1173734

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“…The first caveat is our belief that crew on board is a substantial source of value creation for a shipping firm (please see section on value creation below). As Progoulaki and Theotokas (2016) indicate, managing human resources on board is a sustainable source of competitive advantage that explains performance variations across shipping companies. Other studies have also pinpointed the human element as one of the major forces dictating the competitiveness of a maritime nation or of an individual shipping company (see Lee et al 2014;Kuo et al 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The (in)efficiency of managing this entanglement (people on a vessel at sea) is a major reason that explains the success (and failure) of shipping organizations. Thus, seafarers and their prudent management are defining elements of shipping operations (Progoulaki and Theotokas 2016). Combinatory configurations result to complex schemes due to mixed crews, different vessel types and sizes (e.g.…”

Section: Identifying the Sources Of Value Creation In Shippingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Value migration: digitalization of shipping as a mechanism of industry dethronement

Poulis

Galanakis²,

Triantafillou

et al. 2020

J. shipp. trd.

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In this conceptual paper, we review latest developments related to unmanned vessels and sketch potential scenarios that implicate with the existing maritime industry structure. On the one hand, we isolate a range of challenges that make the imminent realization of unmanned vessels seem like a rather utopian pursuit. On the other hand, we explain the reasons that may catalyse their emergence. Inspired by these opposing tensions, we highlight that the digital transformation of the shipping industry has the potential to enhance value within the industry’s ecosystem. However, we also contend that unmanned vessels -if realized- pose a very particular threat to the identity of the shipping industry as we know it. In particular, we build upon the concept of value migration and we highlight the drastic existential changes that may likely stem from a shift to non-seafarer-centric shipping. We conclude with questions that matter for industry dethronement purposes i.e., the possibility that existing industry structures may be substantially reconfigured following a removal of the seafarer as the nucleus of value creation in shipping.

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Section: Identifying the Sources Of Value Creation In Shippingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Value migration: digitalization of shipping as a mechanism of industry dethronement

Poulis

Galanakis²,

Triantafillou

et al. 2020

J. shipp. trd.

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“…In addition, Progoulaki (2003Progoulaki ( , 2008Progoulaki ( , 2010Progoulaki ( , 2011has researched applied Human Resource Management practices in shipping. Progoulaki and Theotokas (2016) analysed the issue of multicultural crews and the relevant theories that supports the "development of a framework of strategic choices that a shipping company can select for the competitive management of its maritime human resources' cultural diversity".…”

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confidence: 99%

Gender in Postmodernism Maritime Transport

Dragomir¹

2019

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In this article the focus of the scientific analysis is made on the possible relation between postmodernism and maritime gender culture. The fundament of the study are the research findings from the international project "Gender Equality and Cultural Awareness in Maritime Education and Training" (GECAMET), financed by the International Association of Maritime Universities and the Nippon Foundation between 2017 and 2018. GECAMET had the objective of advancing knowledge in the domain of women motivation to join the maritime sector and on cultural awareness in mixed crews. In this paper is used an innovative approach on the relation between postmodernism challenges and the complexity of the intercultural relations established among individuals (human factors), shipping companies, ship management practices and MET institutions on issues related to gender equality.

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“…Akhtar and Utne (2015) considered fatigue-related groundings and collisions, and Besikci, Tavacioglu, and Arslan (2016) analysed stress and fatigue of seafarers. Progoulaki and Theotokas (2016) discussed managing crews of mixed nationalities. Ugurlu (2016) reported systematic breaches of labour conventions, Pauksztat (2017) found fatigue effects of ships' schedules, and Chung, Lee, and Lee (2017) studied burnout of seafarers and its effect on safety.…”

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Predictive power of inspection outcomes for future shipping accidents – an empirical appraisal with special attention for human factor aspects

Heij

Knapp

2018

Maritime Policy & Management

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This paper investigates whether deficiencies detected during port state control (PSC) inspections have predictive power for future accident risk, in addition to other vessel-specific risk factors like ship type, age, size, flag, and owner. The empirical analysis links accidents to past inspection outcomes and is based on data from all around the globe of PSC regimes using harmonized deficiency codes. These codes are aggregated into eight groups related to human factor aspects like crew qualifications, working and living conditions, and fatigue and safety management. This information is integrated by principal components into a single overall deficiency index, which is related to future accident risk by means of logit models. The factor by which accident risk increases for vessels with above average compared to below average deficiency scores is about 6 for total loss, 2 for very serious, 1.5 for serious, and 1.3 for less-serious accidents. Relations between deficiency scores and accident risk are presented in graphical format. The results may be of interest to PSC authorities for targeting inspection areas, to maritime administrations for improving asset allocation based on prediction scenarios connected with vessel traffic data, and to maritime insurers for refining their premium strategies.

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Managing culturally diverse maritime human resources as a shipping company’s core competency

Cited by 25 publications

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Value migration: digitalization of shipping as a mechanism of industry dethronement

Value migration: digitalization of shipping as a mechanism of industry dethronement

Gender in Postmodernism Maritime Transport

Predictive power of inspection outcomes for future shipping accidents – an empirical appraisal with special attention for human factor aspects

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