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Merchant seamen aboard ship: a study at the work‐place
Author(s) -
MacFarlane James
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1970.tb00263.x
Subject(s) - crew , queen (butterfly) , work (physics) , on board , deck , aeronautics , industrial relations , business , operations management , management , engineering , economics , mechanical engineering , hymenoptera , botany , structural engineering , biology , aerospace engineering
Although merchant shipping is one of our major industries, there has hitherto been little study of labour relations on board ship. This personal account of social and industrial relationships amongst the deck crew of the Queen Elizabeth provides a basis for future research.