TY - JOUR
T1 - Beyond the management–employee dyad
T2 - supply chain initiatives in shipping
AU - Tang, Lijun
AU - Bhattacharya, Syamantak
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - This article examines supply chain health and safety initiatives in the oil shipping industry. In particular, it explores the triangular relationships between ship cargo clients, shipping company management and seafarers and reveals the inherent complexities and tensions involved. It shows that while managers capitalise on the supply chain pressure to squeeze more effort out of seafarers, seafarers tend to adhere to the corporate line colluding with managers to hide defects and falsify records. Nevertheless, seafarers occasionally use the supply chain leverage to their advantage by tactically exposing ship defects during ship inspections.
AB - This article examines supply chain health and safety initiatives in the oil shipping industry. In particular, it explores the triangular relationships between ship cargo clients, shipping company management and seafarers and reveals the inherent complexities and tensions involved. It shows that while managers capitalise on the supply chain pressure to squeeze more effort out of seafarers, seafarers tend to adhere to the corporate line colluding with managers to hide defects and falsify records. Nevertheless, seafarers occasionally use the supply chain leverage to their advantage by tactically exposing ship defects during ship inspections.
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/beyond-managementemployee-dyad-supply-chain-initiatives-shipping
U2 - 10.1111/irj.12210
DO - 10.1111/irj.12210
M3 - Article
SN - 0019-8676
VL - 49
SP - 196
EP - 210
JO - Industrial Relations
JF - Industrial Relations
IS - 3
ER -