Careers at Sea: Exploring Seafarer Motivations and Aspirations

Polina Baum-Talmor

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49825-2

Careers at Sea: Exploring Seafarer Motivations and Aspirations

Polina Baum-Talmor

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Nowadays, in the era of flexible and precarious employment, the concept of a ‘career for life’ in one organisation appears to be redundant, as most employees in the global labour market do not have permanent employment (ILO, 2015). This chapter focuses on the shipping industry as an example of a global industry that employs over a million seafarers (BIMCO, 2015) as their main labour force in what could termed flexible employment. The chapter explores the idea of having a ‘career’ within the precarious shipping industry by focusing on the reasons for joining, staying, and leaving a seafaring occupation. The chapter is based on existing literature, and on recent data that was collected as part of a study on seafarers’ career development.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	World of the Seafarer
Subtitle of host publication	Qualitative Accounts of Working in the Global Shipping Industry
Editors	Victor Oyara Gekara, Helen Sampson
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	51-63
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-49825-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-49824-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49825-2
Publication status	Published - 4 Dec 2020

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Name	WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs
Publisher	Springer
Volume	9

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Careers at Sea: Exploring Seafarer Motivations and Aspirations. / Baum-Talmor, Polina.
World of the Seafarer: Qualitative Accounts of Working in the Global Shipping Industry. ed. / Victor Oyara Gekara; Helen Sampson. Cham: Springer, 2020. p. 51-63 (WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs; Vol. 9).

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