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Stress in Maritime Industry

In a dynamic business and living environment, minor or major changes represent a challenge that companies and employees face almost every day. This can cause stress in the workplace and decrease overall productivity and job satisfaction. Using a systematic review, 109 studies on the stress and strain experienced by seafarers were identified for the period January 1990 to January 2012. Subjects and methods: The goal of this research was to examine stress in the workplace and to determine the effect that stress has on employees’ behaviour. An empirical research was carried out in a medium-sized maritime company using a questionnaire. The questionnaire, containing ten statement related to their workplace and work tasks, was distributed to all 273 employees by an online survey software. The respondents rated the statements from 1 to 5 (1 expressing a complete disagreement with the statement, and 5 a complete agreement with the statement). Results: Based on the obtained results, the total arithmetic mean is greater than 2.5. The main hypothesis – employees are exposed to stress - and four auxiliary hypotheses were confirmed. Conclusion: The result obtained from this research show the obtained results show that the majority of employees feel to be exposed to different sources of stress in their workplace – work tasks, colleagues, superiors, deadlines, etc. The next step would be to conduct research to determine what groups of employees are exposed to stress, to examine the stress levels and to analyse the key sources of stress.

Stress, Stress Management

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