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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807643603321

Autore

Schàˆdel C

Titolo

Work-life balance among cruise ship crews : a quantitative research approach / / C. Schàˆdel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamburg, : Diplomica Verlag, 2012

ISBN

3-8428-1239-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (134 p.)

Disciplina

507.2

Soggetti

Tourism - Employees

Work-life balance

Cruise ships

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Work-life balance amongcruise ship crews. A quantitative research approach; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Table of content; List of Figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Literature review; 2.1 The Meaning of Work; 2.1.1 Maslow's hierarchy of Needs; 2.1.2 Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory; 2.2 The Meaning of Life; 2.3 Work-Life Balance; 3. The Study; 3.1. The modes of Acting; 3.1.1 Surface acting; 3.1.2 Deep acting; 3.2 Research Methodology; 3.2.1 Procedure and sample; 3.2.2 Questionnaire Design; 3.2.3 Data Analysis; 4. Findings; 4.1 Socio-demographic profile; 4.2 Topic specific measures

5. Hypotheses testing6. Work-life balance practices; 7. Discussion and Findings; 8. Limitations & further research; 9. Conclusion; 10. References; 11. Appendix; Questionnaire; Personal Interviews; Crew manifest; Codebook variables; SPSS: Syntax; Crosstabs

Sommario/riassunto

HauptbeschreibungThe concepts of work-life balance are a popular and in nowadays one of the most extensively discussed areas in organizational management as a consequence of its association with individual benefits, e.g. prevent burn-out, and organizational costs. The core aim of this study is to examine the impact of the unique working and living environment of cruise ships towards the physical and emotional exhaustion of their crews. In order to explain these, the study investigates traditional theories of Maslow and Herzberg,



considers real life experiences of current and former