Writing that the topic is rarely tackled in the common maritime transport literature, the editors (of the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics Bremen and the Center of Maritime Studies
at Hochschule Bremen, Germany) present a volume focused exclusively on maritime human resource management issues. Nine contributions cover such topics as the choice of the seafaring profession;
corporate social responsibility and employer branding; demands on ship officers according to the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Convention and maritime crew resource
management as a future challenge for shipping; cross-cultural management for seafarers; performance influencing factors in maritime operations; human error in shipping; criminalization of
seafarers in the event of maritime accidents and ship-source environmental pollution; pirate negotiation communication; and issues involved in balancing leisure time, family time, and work
time. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
