A STUDY ON THE JOB SATISFACTION AND JOB BURN OUT OF INDIAN MARINE ENGINEERS

The study attempts to explore the Job satisfaction and Job burnout of marine engineers of Indian Origin who sail on the Foreign and Indian going vessels. The study further examines the factors that are influencing the seafarers' Job satisfaction and its impact on the Job burnout while accomplishing the allocated tasks on board the ships. The factors of Job satisfaction such as job nature, job benefits, managerial factors, social factors and facilities at work place factors, are explored in detail and its impact on the Job burnout of the seafarers are studied. The Job burnout has been documented as one of the most important workplace health hazards for employees in developed and developing countries. The Job satisfaction and Job burnout are considered as the predominant attributes with regard to the seafaring profession. Job burnout refers to any environmental, social, or internal demand which requires the individual to readjust his/her usual behavior patterns. Job Satisfaction rarely has a single source point, rather Job burnout has been found to have many different sources. Job satisfaction may be caused by acute or chronic physical factors, or by psychological factors or by social stressors and also based on the combination of the factors. The preponderance of factors tends to be those associated with psychological and social issues that are related to both personal and work lives. The study has analysed the work related job satisfaction and job burn out of seafarers by testing the research hypotheses.