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The shipping industry is run by people and for people. Thus, the main element in shipping is the "human element" - the mariners at all levels. Since the human element aboard vessels - being in and coping with a very special environment - is the crucial point of every transport chain, it is important to take a closer look at maritime human resource management issues which are scarcely tackled in scientific literature. This book deals with topics such as the criminalization of seafarers, piracy as part of shipping companies' risk management, corporate social responsibility and human error in shipping.

The Human Element in Container Shipping

Contents: Maria Progoulaki: The choice of seafaring profession - Susanne Neumann/Thomas Pawlik: Corporate Social Responsibility and Employer Branding - Runa Jörgens: Demands on Ship Officers according to the STCW Convention and Maritime Crew Resource Management as a future challenge for shipping - Enrico Lobrigo: Cross-cultural management for seafarers - Cecilia Österman: Performance influencing factors in maritime operations - Katrin Ewert: Human Error in Shipping - Henning Jessen: Criminalization of Seafarers in the Event of Maritime Accidents and Ship-Source Environmental Pollution - The Necessity for Fair Treatment - Lisa L. Froholdt: Pirate negotiation communication - Whose risk? Whose responsibility? A study of a company's crisis communication response strategies to psychological stress in an authentic pirate hijacking situation - Corinna Onnen: If work changes to leisure time and free time becomes work.