This thesis is an empirical investigation of the implications of new technologies for work, skills and identity of workers in the maritime sector. The research question is focused on how employers and seafarers understand the changing nature of work and skills as a result of technological advances. This question will be answered within the wider context of global competition and the competitive reasons to promote new technologies in workplaces. The methods of data collection involve qualitative interviews with shipping company managers, training staff and seafarers. The findings reveal a significant mismatch between the competitive reasons to implement new technologies and its (un)intended consequences on the professional identity of worker...
Shipping is fast moving towards digitalisation and minimising human intervention in itsprocesses. Th...
This paper is entitled Advancement in Maritime Technology and its impact on safety . In 1964 Diebo...
With the increasing rate of advancement in today‟s technology, the shipping industry will not be lef...
This thesis is an empirical investigation of the implications of new technologies for work, skills a...
Seamanship has been associated with certain individual skills and special knowledge related to navig...
AbstractIn recent decades, workplaces have undergone numerous changes. These changes are due to the ...
The flexibilisation of labour in the global labour market has been a bone of contention among schola...
Over the last decade, the European maritime technology industry has developed towards designing, bui...
Past literature has portrayed seafaring as being unique and being one of the finest of lives. Howeve...
The maritime industry underpins international business and world trade. As to be expected, business ...
Rapid development in artificial intelligence and big data analytic applications have had a significa...
Industry 4.0, as the most disruptive industrial revolution, is reshaping the industries by coupling ...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.In search of ways to run their ships more effici...
The research employs qualitative feminist methods, particularly in-depth interviews, in order to exa...
It is not unusual to find that employers operating in low-pay sectors are reluctant to provide vocat...
Shipping is fast moving towards digitalisation and minimising human intervention in itsprocesses. Th...
This paper is entitled Advancement in Maritime Technology and its impact on safety . In 1964 Diebo...
With the increasing rate of advancement in today‟s technology, the shipping industry will not be lef...
This thesis is an empirical investigation of the implications of new technologies for work, skills a...
Seamanship has been associated with certain individual skills and special knowledge related to navig...
AbstractIn recent decades, workplaces have undergone numerous changes. These changes are due to the ...
The flexibilisation of labour in the global labour market has been a bone of contention among schola...
Over the last decade, the European maritime technology industry has developed towards designing, bui...
Past literature has portrayed seafaring as being unique and being one of the finest of lives. Howeve...
The maritime industry underpins international business and world trade. As to be expected, business ...
Rapid development in artificial intelligence and big data analytic applications have had a significa...
Industry 4.0, as the most disruptive industrial revolution, is reshaping the industries by coupling ...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.In search of ways to run their ships more effici...
The research employs qualitative feminist methods, particularly in-depth interviews, in order to exa...
It is not unusual to find that employers operating in low-pay sectors are reluctant to provide vocat...
Shipping is fast moving towards digitalisation and minimising human intervention in itsprocesses. Th...
This paper is entitled Advancement in Maritime Technology and its impact on safety . In 1964 Diebo...
With the increasing rate of advancement in today‟s technology, the shipping industry will not be lef...