This book sheds light on the nature and causes of the issues and
challenges in human resources in shipping and proposes fresh
recommendations to manage them. It explains the multiple forces at play,
including the global regulatory regime, national institutional
frameworks, industrial practices, trade union responses, and pressures
from customers and non-governmental organisations.
Human Resource Management in Shipping integrates seafarer employment
data released by national maritime authorities and a large body of
literature that discusses discrete human resources issues in shipping
into a single volume, providing readers with a comprehensive
understanding of the issues and challenges within human resources in
shipping. Beyond this, the book also offers a fresh perspective on some
of the long lasting HRM challenges in the industry, such as skills
shortage and seafarer recruitment and retention.
This book aims to provide readers with systematic and in-depth knowledge
of human resource management in shipping, and offers researchers a
valuable source of reference and a solid foundation on which further
development can be built.