Seafarers’ Quality of Life: Organizational Culture, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Fatigue

Kim, Jaehee; Jang, Soong-Nang

doi:10.3390/ijerph15102150

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“…Our study examined social organizations in relation to social participation as well, responding to previous research results that organizational support could improve the quality of sailors' life [33,34]. However, we found that the labor union related to Chinese seafarers and NGO related to navigation, which both have a close relationship with Chinese sailors, did not seem to play the expected role among sailors, similar results in Guo' s [35] study which focused on Chinese social organizations.…”

Section: Evaluation and Expectations Of Social Organizationssupporting

confidence: 74%

Willingness to engage in and current status of social participation among Chinese merchant sailors

Wang

Shi

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

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China has the largest population of sailors in the world, but little is known of their social participation. This study examined Chinese merchant sailors’ social participation using a nationwide survey. Across 12 Chinese provinces, 7,296 merchant sailors completed the questionnaire on sailor' willingness to engage in and status of social participation. The results showed that most Chinese merchant sailors were willing to participate in social affairs, but few of them reported having joined relevant social organizations, over half of sailors reported never having participated in public affairs, and half of them chose to ignore when they faced with an obvious mistake in shipping-related information in the media. Most of sailors reported unknowing the role of the labor union related to Chinese seafarers and NGO related to navigation well, and their evaluation of these organizations were mostly negative. Chinese merchant sailors reported higher expectations of services in terms of protection of rights, providing information and technology, and providing employment opportunity. We conclude that Chinese merchant sailors have willingness to social participation although the reality is not positive and discuss implications for improving the social participation of Chinese merchant sailors.

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Section: Evaluation and Expectations Of Social Organizationssupporting

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Willingness to engage in and current status of social participation among Chinese merchant sailors

Wang

Shi

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

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“…Previous studies have showed the a negative relation between PsyCap and fatigue in a variety of professions (27,29). Analogously, Kim and Jang reported that seafarers' self-efficacy will have a negative effect on fatigue (30). Resilience also showed significant effects on fatigue among hospital employees (31).…”

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The Mediating Role of Psychological Capital in the Relationship Between Occupational Stress and Fatigue: A Cross-Sectional Study Among 1,104 Chinese Physicians

Tian

Shu

Cui

et al. 2020

Front. Public Health

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Purpose: This study aimed to explore the association of occupational stress with fatigue and to examine the mediating role of psychological capital (PsyCap) among Chinese physicians. Materials and Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted in Liaoning province, China, in 2018. Using a multistage stratified sampling method, a total of 1,500 physicians participated and 1,104 (73.6%) physicians responded effectively. The study used a self-administered questionnaire consisting of the 14-item Fatigue Scale (FS-14), the Effort-reward Imbalance questionnaire (ERI), the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) and items about demographic and working characteristics. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed to explore the association of occupational stress, PsyCap, and fatigue among physicians. Asymptotic and resampling strategies were used to examine the mediating effect.Results: The incidence of fatigue among Chinese physicians was 83.70%. The average level of fatigue was 7.96 ± 3.95 (mean ± SD). Occupational stress and PsyCap were significantly associated with fatigue. PsyCap significantly mediated the association of ERR (a × b = 0.106, bias-corrected and accelerated 95% confidence interval [BCa 95% CI]: 0.078, 0.138) and overcommitment (a × b = 0.068, BCa 95% CI: 0.044, 0.092) with fatigue. Two important components of PsyCap, self-efficacy and resilience, play more important roles in the mediating effect. Conclusions:The level of fatigue among Chinese physicians was high, which should be taken seriously by management. PsyCap could mediate the association between occupational stress and fatigue. The intervention strategies and measures to relieve fatigue could be focused on physicians' positive PsyCap improvement.

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“…The second vision is highly valued in organizations committed to playing a responsible role in society, since QWL benefits the employee’s pride, social commitment, satisfaction and the organization’s contribution to society [11,40]; and can also be positively influenced by organizational support, for instance by relieving fatigue and enhancing self-efficacy [41].…”

Section: Literature Review and Research Hypothesesmentioning

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Quality of Work Life and Organizational Performance: Workers’ Feelings of Contributing, or Not, to the Organization’s Productivity

Leitão

Pereira

Gonçalves

2019

IJERPH

138

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This is a pioneering study on the relationship between quality of work life and the employee’s perception of their contribution to organizational performance. It unveils the importance of subjective and behavioral components of quality of work life and their influence on the formation of the collaborator’s individual desire to contribute to strengthening the organization’s productivity. The results obtained indicate that for workers: feeling their supervisors’ support through listening to their concerns and by sensing they take them on board; being integrated in a good work environment; and feeling respected both as professionals and as people; positively influence their feeling of contributing to organizational performance. The results are particularly relevant given the increased weight of services in the labor market, together with intensified automation and digitalization of collaborators’ functions. The findings also contribute to the ongoing debate about the need for more work on the subjective and behavioral components of so-called smart and learning organizations, rather than focusing exclusively on remuneration as the factor stimulating organizational productivity based on the collaborator’s contribution.

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Seafarers’ Quality of Life: Organizational Culture, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Fatigue

Cited by 41 publications

References 25 publications

Willingness to engage in and current status of social participation among Chinese merchant sailors

Willingness to engage in and current status of social participation among Chinese merchant sailors

The Mediating Role of Psychological Capital in the Relationship Between Occupational Stress and Fatigue: A Cross-Sectional Study Among 1,104 Chinese Physicians

Quality of Work Life and Organizational Performance: Workers’ Feelings of Contributing, or Not, to the Organization’s Productivity

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